英语词汇jo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jo
词源	jo. Jo, as in “John Anderson, my jo,” means beloved one, dar- ling, or sweetheart in Scotland. The word is simply a variant of the word “joy” and dates to the 16th century or before.
随便看	as deaf as the mainmast as different as chalk and cheese as drunk as david-s sow as easy as shaking the drops off your john a serpent in one-s bosom as every schoolboy knows a shag on a rock ashes a shrimp short of a barbie asiatic hordes ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country a slice off the old ham as long as grass grows and water runs as mad as ajax as maine goes so goes the nation a small cup of tea as much chance as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest as one man a son of a bitch-s son of a bitch a sorry sight asparagus aspasia aspen

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