top of the morning

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning. Ireland,New-England,archaic,humorous,idiomatic

词源

A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959).
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