dead donkey

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词形变化

dead donkeys 复数 dead donkeys

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rarity.

  2. 2.

    A news item of no real significance, usually of whimsical or sentimental nature, placed at the end of a news bulletin or in a newspaper as filler. A dead donkey can often be removed from the programme or publication if a more significant story needs extra time or space.

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  3. 3.

    Something useless on which time or effort is wasted.

词源

From the saying that no one ever sees a dead donkey, hence a rarity. This then became a stock example of a slow-news-day story, which was popularized by the title of the British sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey.

来源：wiktionary