英语词汇till the cows come home的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	till the cows come home
词源	till the cows come home. Relatively modern amplifications of this one include Till the cows come home in the morning and Till hell freezes over and the cows come skating home over the ice. The expression has meant “a long, long time” for a long, long time, since about 1600, and the idea behind it is that cows take their own good time about coming home if they aren’t driven— often until the next morning, when, with udders painfully swollen, they come home to be milked.
随便看	wheat germ wheel wheelbarrow fashion wheeler dealer when a dog bites a man when chickens have teeth when hemp is spun england-s done when in doubt win the trick when in rome do as the romans do when it hits the fan when my ship comes in when one door shuts another opens when the cat-s away the mice will play when the cocqcigrues come when the going gets tough the tough get going when the rubber hits the road 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

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