标题: Children’s Books in China [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 11-27-2015 19:56 标题: Children’s Books in China Children’s literature | Much Red Reading Books; The politics of children’s stories. Economist, Nov 28, 2015. http://www.economist.com/news/ch ... h-red-reading-books
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(a) "The richer parents are, the more they splash out on children’s books."
splash out (sth): "UK spend a lot of money on buying things, especially things that are pleasant to have but that you do not need <They splashed out £3,000 on a holiday>" http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ... lish/splash-out-sth
(b) "The moral is often laid on thick. One provincial publisher (state-owned, like all of them) has titled a six-volume set of nursery rhymes 'A Good Father is Better Than a Good Teacher 好爸爸胜过好老师 [unheard of in Taiwan].' "
lay it on thick: "Fig. to exaggerate or over-state praise, excuses, or blame"
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 2002
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lay+it+on+thick
(c) "Paddington, a marmalade-loving bear from darkest Peru"