Thistles

• As new as eating thistles, would have been an answer to represent Mr. Casaubon's feelings. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• They were flowing for the fertilization of the land where grapes are gathered from thorns, and figs from thistles. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He no more gathers grapes from thorns or figs from thistles than older men did in old times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I have certainly got thistles for figs in a worldly sense, but how could I tell what time would bring forth? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Among these are kaffir corn, sorghum, alfalfa, clover, millet, cowpeas, soy-beans, sugar beets, oats and even weeds and thistles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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