英语词汇alligators-in-the sewers legend的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

alligators-in-the sewers legend. A story dating back to the 1930s or early 1940s holds that full-grown alligators live in the sewers beneath New York City, flushed there as foot-long pets when kids or their parents tired of them. The phrase alligators- in-the sewers legend has since been used humorously to indicate something mythical or untrue. Columnist George Vecsey wrote in the New York Times (September 24, 2004): “The alligator-in- the-sewers legend is that [Harry] Frazee, who owned the Red Sox, sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season to fi- nance a new show called No, No, Nanette. Only in the past few years has it been drummed into our brains that Nanette did not appear on Broadway until 1925.”

词汇	alligators-in-the sewers legend
词源	alligators-in-the sewers legend. A story dating back to the 1930s or early 1940s holds that full-grown alligators live in the sewers beneath New York City, flushed there as foot-long pets when kids or their parents tired of them. The phrase alligators- in-the sewers legend has since been used humorously to indicate something mythical or untrue. Columnist George Vecsey wrote in the New York Times (September 24, 2004): “The alligator-in- the-sewers legend is that [Harry] Frazee, who owned the Red Sox, sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season to fi- nance a new show called No, No, Nanette. Only in the past few years has it been drummed into our brains that Nanette did not appear on Broadway until 1925.”
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