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单词 Seeing the Elephant
释义

Seeing the Elephant

原声例句
美食家基地

They were always seeing the elephants stumbling around.

他们总是看到大象跌跌撞撞地走来走去。

英语百科

Seeing the elephant

“The Row, Cripple Creek: a part of town where everybody goes to see the elephant.”

The phrase seeing the elephant is an Americanism which refers to gaining experience of the world at a significant cost. It was a popular expression of the mid to late 19th century throughout the United States in the Mexican-American War, the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, the American Civil War, the 1849 Gold Rush, and the Westward Expansion Trails (Oregon Trail, California Trail, Mormon Trail).

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