top of the morning

短语

发音

AU

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning.

    爱尔兰 古体 幽默 习语

词源

A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).

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