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单词 wein, weib, und gesang
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Wein, Weib, und Gesangphr.

/vʌɪn vʌɪp ʊnt ɡəˈzaŋ/
Etymology: German.
Wine, women, and song, proverbially considered the essential ingredients for carefree entertainment and pleasure by men. First popularized as the title of a Strauss waltz (1869). Strauss probably took it from the anon. couplet found in the Luther room at Wartburg: Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang /Der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang (see wine n.1 1f(b), quot. 1862).
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society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [noun]
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joviality1626
mirth-making1638
jovialness1658
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conviviality1791
jollification1818
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Wein, Weib, und Gesang1885
balling1942
1885 G. B. Shaw in Dramatic Rev. 27 June 341/1 The ‘Wein, Weib, und Gesang’ waltzes which the Inventions Council offer us as the flower of modern European music.
1924 G. B. Stern Tents of Israel vi. 87 Franz..was a typically Viennese Rakonitz, in the famous Wein-Weib-und-Gesang style.
1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains iii. 38 I shall..prepare myself to enjoy an evening of Wein, Weib, und Gesang. More particularly Wein.
1959 M. Crosland tr. J. Rovan Germany 21 The famous trilogy ‘Wein, Weib und Gesang’ (wine, woman and song) which form the subject of numerous drinking songs on both sides of the Rhine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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