| 单词 | thereby hangs a tale |
| 释义 | thereby hangs a taleThat detail or incident reminds one of another story, as in So he went without supper, but thereby hangs a tale. This expression, embodying the pun on tail and tale, was used by Shakespeare in at least four of his plays and presumably was well known before that. [1500s] Words nearby thereby hangs a talethe real McCoy, There are plenty of fish in the sea, thereat, there but for the grace of God go I, thereby, thereby hangs a tale, Red and the Black, The, Red Badge of Courage, The, therefor, therefore, therefrom The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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