murder one's darlings

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of kill one's darlings. alt-of,alternative
    — Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it — whole-heartedly — and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.

词形变化

murders one's darlings present,singular,third-person murdering one's darlings participle,present murdered one's darlings participle,past murdered one's darlings past

词源

Possibly first used by Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944) during a series of lectures at the University of Cambridge, later published in book form.
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