| 词汇 | how the other half lives |
| 词源 | how the other half lives. This expression for “how people be- longing to another class live” usually refers to the rich today, but it originally referred to the poor. The words derive from the title of social reformer Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives (1890), describing the lives of New York City poor people. |
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