单词 | Hobson's choice |
释义 | Hobson's choice /hob"seuhnz/ the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative. [1640-50; after Thomas Hobson (1544-1631), of Cambridge, England, who rented horses and gave his customer only one choice, that of the horse nearest the stable door] |
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