英语词汇“Darby and Joan”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Darby and Joan

/dɑːbiənˈdʒəʊn

noun British

A devoted old married couple.You might have sat, like Darby and Joan, and flattered each other; and billed and cooed like a pair of old pigeons on a perch.

Origin

Late 18th century: from a poem (1735) in the Gentleman's Magazine, which contained the lines ‘Old Darby, with Joan by his side … They're never happy asunder.’.

An anonymous poem of 1735 in The Gentleman's Magazine contained the lines: ‘Old Darby, with Joan by his side, / You've often regarded with wonder: / He's dropsical, she is sore-eyed, / Yet they're never happy asunder.’ People quickly began to use the names, whose exact origin is unknown, for any devoted old married couple.

单词	Darby and Joan
释义	Darby and Joan /dɑːbiənˈdʒəʊn / noun British A devoted old married couple.You might have sat, like Darby and Joan, and flattered each other; and billed and cooed like a pair of old pigeons on a perch. Origin Late 18th century: from a poem (1735) in the Gentleman's Magazine, which contained the lines ‘Old Darby, with Joan by his side … They're never happy asunder.’. An anonymous poem of 1735 in The Gentleman's Magazine contained the lines: ‘Old Darby, with Joan by his side, / You've often regarded with wonder: / He's dropsical, she is sore-eyed, / Yet they're never happy asunder.’ People quickly began to use the names, whose exact origin is unknown, for any devoted old married couple.
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