| 单词 | “the princess and the pea” |
| 释义 | “The Princess and the Pea”A story by Hans Christian Andersen. A prince insists on marrying a real princess. When a woman comes to his door maintaining that she is a real princess, the prince's mother tests her by burying a pea under a huge stack of mattresses and then ordering the woman to sleep on the mattresses. The woman cannot sleep and therefore passes the test: being a true princess, she is so delicate that the pea keeps her awake. Words nearby “The Princess and the Pea”pot calling the kettle black, the, powers that be, the, Prairie, The, price is right, the, Prince, The, “The Princess and the Pea”, proof of the pudding, the, The proof of the pudding is in the eating, The public be damned, The quality of mercy is not strained, thèque 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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