单词 | Gath |
释义 | Gath/ɡaθ/noun tell it not in Gath and variants: a proverbial phrase used to discourage the mention of something shameful or discreditable. Earlier also in more general allusive use.
OriginMid 16th century; earliest use found in John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. From Gath (Hebrew Gaṯ; goes to post-classical Latin Geth (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek Γεθ (Septuagint)), the name of a city in ancient Philistia. |
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