英语词汇passion for anonymity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	passion for anonymity
词源	passion for anonymity. Not a man who liked to be upstaged by his staff, Franklin D. Roosevelt announced midway through his first term in office that he was going to appoint several new assistants “with a passion for anonymity.” Possibly he was weary of all the newspaper coverage given his “brain trust.” Anyway, he did manage to appoint several assistants so self-effacing that nobody remembers them today—and contributed a new phrase to the language as well.
随便看	when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef where-s the fire where-s the rest of me where the hoot owl hollers at noon where there-s smoke there-s fire wherewithal whig whip city whip of god whippet whipping boy whirlybird whiskers whiskey whiskey courage whistle for it whistler-s mother whistling in the dark whistling up the wind

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