| 词汇 | i’ll gladly trade 11 years of ‘then’ for seven years of ‘now’ |
| 词源 | I’ll gladly trade 11 years of ‘then’ for seven years of ‘now.’ A little-known saying of Rudolph Dial, a 62-year-old Oklahoma convict who died recently (of natural causes) who had a long history of various crimes, including fleeing jail with the war- den’s wife, who at 31 was 18 years younger. They managed to hide for 11 years before being recaptured. |
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