Miller of Dee

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who lives independently and unattached to others, especially for selfish reasons. idiomatic
    — Mr. Wallace, although fortified with a letter bearing the mitred seal of the Bishop the diocese, feels that he is about to come in contact with a great power; an awful something that is not to be trifled with; one of the noblest institutions of our land, who is a very Miller of Dee, and accountable to nobody.

词形变化

Millers of Dee plural

词源

From the traditional English folk song Miller of Dee, in which the eponymous miller sings "I care for nobody, no not I, if nobody cares for me."
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