the plot thickens
短语
英文释义
短语
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Used to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation.
— BAYES. Lo' you now, there he's off again. JOHNS. Admirably done i'faith. BAYES. Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us.
词源
From the satirical play The Rehearsal. First attested in 1671.
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