| 单词 | the bluebird of happiness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe bluebird of happiness the bluebird of happiness: happiness symbolized as a bluebird, frequently considered elusive. [Originally with allusion to Maurice Maeterlinck's play L'Oiseau bleu (The Blue Bird) of 1908; compare quot. 1909.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] selthc888 bliss971 eadinessOE seleOE eadilaikc1175 blissfulnessc1374 seelinessc1374 felicityc1386 seelihead14.. beneurte1480 brightnessa1500 happinessa1500 glee1579 faustity1656 eudemony1727 a song in one's heart1862 the bluebird of happiness1911 1909 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Maeterlinck Blue Bird iii. ii. 131 You are looking for the Blue Bird, that is to say, the great secret of things and of happiness.] 1911 C. H. Henderson Pay-day xxvii. 263 Our profit-taker..goes here and there, but the bluebird of happiness still eludes him. 1914 Bookseller, Newsdealer & Stationer 1 May 453/1 There are embossed parchment effects, cards decorated with branches of holly and the bluebird of happiness, seals and scrolls, bars of music and Christmas carols. 1968 K. O'Hara Bird-cage vi. 46 A little blue dickey-bird. A bluebird of happiness, a love-bird of happiness. 2000 Time 25 Sept. 82/2 Are Americans a nation of frivolous divorcers who selfishly pursue the bluebird of happiness, oblivious to their children's needs? < as lemmas |
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