英语词汇“bad penny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

bad penny

/ˌbad ˈpɛni/

noun

A penny which is debased or counterfeit. In later use chiefly in the proverb a bad penny always returns (also turns up), and (now especially) in similative or figurative use in allusion to this, with reference to the predictable, and often unwanted, return of a disreputable or prodigal person after some absence, or (more generally) to the continual recurrence of someone or something.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in William Langland (c1325–c1390), poet. From bad + penny.

单词	bad penny
释义	bad penny /ˌbad ˈpɛni/ noun A penny which is debased or counterfeit. In later use chiefly in the proverb a bad penny always returns (also turns up), and (now especially) in similative or figurative use in allusion to this, with reference to the predictable, and often unwanted, return of a disreputable or prodigal person after some absence, or (more generally) to the continual recurrence of someone or something. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in William Langland (c1325–c1390), poet. From bad + penny.
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