the plot thickens

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation.

    幽默 习语

    BAYES. Lo' you now, there he's off again. JOHNS. Admirably done i'faith. BAYES. Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us.

    Y. Book. Well said, Lad—and as Mr. Bays says, now the Plot thickens upon us, we'll spend our time as gaily as the best of 'em—and all of it in Love …

词源

From the satirical play The Rehearsal. First attested in 1671.

来源：wiktionary