英语词汇i can’t see it from my house的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	i can’t see it from my house
词源	I can’t see it from my house. A common cynical answer to any complaint about an unsightly environment, an ugly build- ing being erected, etc. See nimby.
随便看	tom thumb tom thumb golf tom-tom tone down tongue tongue in cheek tongue oil tongue-tied tongue twister ton of bricks ton of cobblestone tontine tonto tonton macoutes tony too big for one-s breeches too high for picking cotton too lazy to work and too nervous to steal too many cooks spoil the broth too many irons in the fire too much of a good thing too old to cut the mustard too poor to paint and too proud to whitewash to oppose preston and his mastiffs toothache tree

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