modest proposal

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modest proposals 复数 modest proposals

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An idea which is especially extreme, unorthodox or distasteful, often put forward in jest.

    习语
  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see modest, proposal.

词源

From Jonathan Swift's 1729 satire A Modest Proposal, which suggested cannibalism as a solution to Irish poverty.

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