Balaam

(n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

编辑:斯坦利

• It was almost as amusing to the Victorian English as the story of Balaam's ass. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He did not mention that he was a lineal descendant of Balaam's ass, but everybody knew that without his telling it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Like Balaam and other unwilling prophets, the agents seem moved by an inner compulsion to say and do their allotted parts whether they will or no. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

整理:尼古拉斯