词汇 | the first hundred years are the hardest |
词源 | the first hundred years are the hardest. Hollywood writer and cynical wit Wilson Mizner and America’s greatest word in- ventor T. A. Dorgan vie for the authorship of this humorous saying about life in general. Dorgan seems the more likely can- didate, considering his creation of such American masterpieces, among many others, as dumbbell, dumbhead, Dumb Dora, no- body home upstairs (dumb), applesauce (for insincere flattery), drugstore cowboy, lounge lizard, chin music (pointless talk), the once-over, the cat’s meow, the cat’s pajamas, flat tire, you said it, for crying out loud, see what the boys in the backroom will have, and the only place you’ll find sympathy is in the dictionary. See 23 skiddo; hot dog. |
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