thin gruel
noun
A watery gruel, typically having poor nutritional content; (figurative ) something insubstantial, unsatisfying, or inadequate.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Garth (d. 1719), physician and poet.
| 单词 | thin gruel |
| 释义 | thin gruelnoun A watery gruel, typically having poor nutritional content; (figurative ) something insubstantial, unsatisfying, or inadequate. Origin |
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