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单词 take the gilt off the gingerbread
释义

gingerbread /jinˈjər-bred/

noun
  1. A cake flavoured with treacle and usu ginger
  2. (with cap) a self-help support group for one-parent families
adjective

(of ornamental work) cheap and tawdry, overelaborate

ORIGIN: OFr gingimbrat, from LL gingiber; see ety for ginger; confused with bread

gingerbread man noun

A ginger biscuit shaped like a human form

take the gilt off the gingerbread

To destroy the glamour

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