over the river and through the woods

介词短语
中文释义

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Trying to achieve a particular task, often with difficulty. figuratively
  2. Lost. figuratively
  3. Having lost one's mind; insane. figuratively
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, the, river, and, through, the, woods.

词源

Originally based on a Thanksgiving poem written by Lydia Maria Child, this phrase was eventually turned into one of the many various Christmas carols and then soon developed its own meaning in the English lexicon. See the Wikipedia article for more information.
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