yes, Virginia

短语
英 /ˈjɛs vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/    美 /ˈjɛs vəɹˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/

英文释义

短语
  1. Used to express that something is true, despite skepticism by some people. humorous,idiomatic
    — Yes, Virginia, there IS a speed limit at Broome Tech, and all violators will be duly punished.

词源

From a celebrated line in an editorial on September 27, 1897, by the American journalist Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906) in The Sun newspaper published in New York City, in response to eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy.”
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