词汇 | ain’t no place in heaven ain’t no place in hell |
词源 | ain’t no place in heaven, ain’t no place in hell. Nowhere for one to go, limbo. The expression is from an old African- American folk song quoted in William Faulkner’s Sanctuary (1931): “One day mo! Ain’t no place fer you in heaven! Ain’t no place fer you in hell! Ain’t no place fer you in white folk’s jail! Whar you gwine to?” |
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