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单词 jam tomorrow
释义

jam tomorrow

Brit. a pleasant thing which is often promised but rarely materializes
〈英〉允诺而做不到的好事; 可望而不可即的事物:

a promise of jam tomorrow wasn't enough to satisfy them.

口惠而实不至的诺言难以令他们满意。

ORIGIN: phrase from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (1871).

See main entry:jam

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