eggs in moonshine

短语

发音

US

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.

    习语 仅复数

词源

Probably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks, made of egg yolks lightly poached in sweetened rosewater. See also moonshine, culinary sense (US). https://web.archive.org/web/20160721010231/http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/eggsinmoonshine.htm

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