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单词 curds and whey
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curds and whey
curds and whey n. (also curd and whey) the solid and liquid components of curdled milk; a dish consisting of this (see whey n. 1a).In quot. 1766 figurative.
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c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 34 Thai maid grit cheir of..curdis and quhaye.
1766 W. Kenrick Falstaff's Wedding iii. iii. 38 She must be none of your wishy-washy, panada gentry neither; your curd and whey gentlefolks.
1805 Songs for Nursery 31 Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey.
1964 R. Rendell From Doom with Death (1979) iv. 43 The sun had dimmed and the mackerel sky thickened until it looked like curds and whey.
2006 Chesapeake Life Apr. 39/2 In a day, she can turn 6,500 pounds of milk into about 650 pounds of good eating. That's a lot of curds and whey.
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