Barmecide feast

短语

幻想的酒宴,望梅止渴,画饼充饥

词形变化

Barmecide feasts 复数 Barmecide feasts

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A meal with very little or no food

  2. 2.

    Something that promises much but delivers nothing; an illusion.

词源

From a tale in the Arabian Nights in which a rich man serves a beggar an imaginary banquet; see Barmecide.

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