英语词汇old goat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	old goat
词源	old goat. The male goat has since before Shakespeare’s time been noted for his lascivious nature and his name applied to men of a randy temperament. Recently, however, the compari- son has mainly been used in the form of old goat for a lecher of advanced years.
随便看	take the wind out of one-s sails take to journalism and strong drink take to the cleaners take to the hustings take to the tall timber take under one-s wing take with a grain of salt taking a first taking the westbound talent does what it can tale teller taliacotian operation talk a blue streak talk dollars talkie talking water river talk the talk walk the walk talk through one-s hat talk turkey tall dark and handsome tall oil tally tallyho tam tamale

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