curate's egg

短语

发音

UK /ˈkjʊəɹətz ˌɛɡ/
AU
UK /-ɹɪtz/
US /ˈkjʊɹɪtz ˌɛɡ/

词形变化

curates' eggs 复数 curates' eggs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoiled by the bad.

    习语

词源

From a cartoon by the Franco-British cartoonist and author George Du Maurier (1834–1896) captioned “True Humility” in the 9 November 1895 issue of Punch magazine, in which a bishop says to his mealtime guest, a curate, “I’m afraid you’ve got a bad egg, Mr. Jones!” The timid curate replies, “Oh no, my Lord, I assure you! Parts of it are excellent!”.

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