单词 | let them eat cake |
释义 | Let them eat cakeA saying that shows insensitivity to or incomprehension of the realities of life for the unfortunate. Rousseau, in his Confessions, tells of a great princess who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, “Let them eat cake.” This statement is often, and incorrectly, attributed to Marie Antoinette. Words nearby Let them eat cakeletter stock, letterwood, let the cat out of the bag, let the chips fall where they may, let the grass grow under one's feet, Let them eat cake, Let there be light, let the side down, let through, Lettic, Lettie The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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