gift that keeps on giving

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something with ongoing consequences; usually, one with positive ongoing consequences. idiomatic
    — Those flower bulbs that our neighbor gave us are a gift that keeps on giving — they keep blooming year after year.
  2. Something with ongoing consequences; usually, one with positive ongoing consequences.; A sexually transmitted disease. idiomatic,slang
    — That one-night stand that some tramp gave him is a gift that keeps on giving — he's had syphilis for years now.

词形变化

gifts that keep on giving plural

词源

The disease sense is by irony.
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