| 词汇 | hay is for horses |
| 词源 | hay is for horses. One of the earliest and most enduring of catchphrases, hay is for horses is a retort to someone who cries out hey! It is first recorded in Jonathan Swift’s Polite Conversa- tions (1738): Neverout: Hay, Madam did you call me? Miss: Hay! Why; hay is for horses. |
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