| 词汇 | in the dark all cats are grey |
| 词源 | in the dark all cats are grey. An old maxim that Benjamin Franklin explained in his 1776 essay “Advice to a Young Man on Choosing a Mistress.” Franklin wrote: “As in the Dark all cats are grey, the Pleasure of Corporal Enjoyment with an old woman is at least equal and frequently superior, every Knack being by practice capable of improvement.” (“Old” in Ben’s day was probably 35 or so.) |
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