Job's news

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Very bad news. uncountable
    — What mystery is in the wind?—Hark! a human voice reporting articulately the Job’s-news: Necker, People’s Minister, Saviour of France, is dismissed.

词形变化

Job's-news alternative

词源

From the Biblical story in which many unfortunate things happen to Job.
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