| 词汇 | the screw plot |
| 词源 | The Screw Plot. According to the traditional story, in 1708 conspirators tried to kill England’s Queen Anne by removing the screw-bolts from certain huge beams in St. Paul’s Cathedral so that the roof would fall in on the queen and her party and kill them while they worshiped. Apparently, not enough screw- bolts were removed and the roof didn’t cave in. |
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