| 词汇 | serpent-licked ears |
| 词源 | serpent-licked ears. Anyone with serpent-licked ears is said to have the power of seeing into the future. The ancient Greeks believed that both Cassandra and Helenus had the power of prophecy because serpents licked their ears while they slept in the temple of Apollo. |
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