| 释义 |
a poor thing but mine own a poor thing but mine ownIt may not be much, but it belongs to me. The phrase misquotes Touchstone’s description of Audrey in Shakespeare’s As You Like It (5.4): “An ill-favour’d thing, sir, but mine own.” It has been a cliché since the mid-nineteenth century.See also: but, mine, own, poor, thing |