postilion sentence

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.
    — As good as the peccadillo sentence is, it is not on a par with the postilion sentence. Nothing is. That sentence is cast in golden moonshine and should never be disturbed.

词形变化

postilion sentences plural

词源

Refers to the phrase "My postillion has been struck by lightning," said to be an example of the unusual terms found in some 19th- and early 20th-century phrasebooks.
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