| 词汇 | cherish a serpent in his bosom |
| 词源 | cherish a serpent in his bosom. An ancient Greek legend tells of a man who found a frozen serpent that he put beneath his shirt against his breast, only to have the snake, revived by the warmth of his bosom, bite and kill him. The story, adapted by Shakespeare, became the basis of the saying to cherish (or nurse) a serpent in his bosom, “to show kindness to someone who proves ungrateful.” |
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