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单词 pride and joy
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pride and joy

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The object of one's great pleasure, as in Our new grandson is our pride and joy, or Dana's car is his pride and joy. This term was probably invented by Sir Walter Scott in his poem Rokeby (1813), where he described children as “a mother's pride, a father's joy.”

Words nearby pride and joy

prickspur, prick up one's ears, pricky, pricy, pride, pride and joy, Pride and Prejudice, Pride goeth before a fall, pride-of-California, pride of China, pride of place
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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