英语词汇alcinoo poma dare的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	alcinoo poma dare
词源	alcinoo poma dare. Alcinous, legendary king of Phaeacians on the island of Scheria, who entertained Odysseus, had the most renowned and prolific orchards of ancient time. Alcinoo poma dare, to give apples to Alcinous, was long proverbial for to do what is superfluous, as to carry coals to newcastle.
随便看	i throw a shoe at you it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle it might have been it must have been one of the nuts it rains on the just and unjust alike i trust it-s nothing trivial its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers it-s greek to me it-s how you played the game it smells of the lamp it-s naughty but it-s nice it-s not brain surgery it-s not cricket it-s not funny it-s not over till the fat lady sings it-s not the size of the dog in the fight it-s the size of the fight in the dog it-s not what it-s cracked up to be

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