英语词组a/the curate's egg是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

idioma/the curate's egg BrEBrEused in order to say that something has some good parts and some bad parts:Unfortunately many parts of the book were disappointing, though like the curate's egg, parts of it were brilliant.The market for ELT books in Latin America has been described as a curate's egg.

Note This idiom comes from a joke in the magazine, Punch, in which a curate (=a priest of the lowest rank) is eating breakfast with the Bishop (=a priest of the highest rank) at the Bishop's house. When the Bishop asks him if he has a bad egg, he says, "Oh no, my Lord, I assure you! Parts of it are excellent!" (Vol 109; November 1895)

词组	a/the curate's egg
释义	idioma/the curate's egg BrEBrEused in order to say that something has some good parts and some bad parts:Unfortunately many parts of the book were disappointing, though like the curate's egg, parts of it were brilliant.The market for ELT books in Latin America has been described as a curate's egg. Note This idiom comes from a joke in the magazine, Punch, in which a curate (=a priest of the lowest rank) is eating breakfast with the Bishop (=a priest of the highest rank) at the Bishop's house. When the Bishop asks him if he has a bad egg, he says, "Oh no, my Lord, I assure you! Parts of it are excellent!" (Vol 109; November 1895)
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