Darby and Joan

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. A proverbial married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion. plural,plural-only
    — "[…] he told me that he and your mother, when they travel together, are always mistaken for a honeymoon couple. Some of the experiences he related to me were really quite amusing." The stranger laughed at recollection of them—"that even here in this place, they are generally referred to as 'Darby and Joan.'"

词源

John Darby and his wife Joan were first mentioned in print in a poem published in The Gentleman's Magazine by Henry Woodfall in 1735.
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