英语词组a civil serpent是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	a civil serpent
释义	(redirected from a civil serpent) civil serpent An unhelpful or otherwise disagreeable bureaucrat. A humorous play on the phrase "civil servant"; serpents are typically depicted as evil or villainous. I can't deal with any more civil serpents—they just keep sending me from office to office. civil serpent n. a civil servant. You have no idea the kinds of things “civil serpents” have to put up with.
随便看	the... of this world the old Adam the old ball and chain the old bat the Old Bill the old boy network the old-boy network the old chestnut the (old) college try the old college try the old country the old days the old dear the oldest profession the oldest profession in the world the oldest trick in the book the old gray mare the old gray mare ain't what she used to be the old guard the old hand the (old) heave-ho the old heave-ho the old in and out the old in-and-out the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

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