"long, tedious, complicated story," 1957, from Yiddish (as in a gantse Megillah "a whole megillah"), literally "roll, scroll," collective name of the five Old Testament books appointed to be read on certain feast days, from Hebrew meghillah, from galal "he rolled, unfolded." The slang use is in reference to the length of the text.
双语例句
1. Just give me the facts, not a whole Megillah.
只要把事实告诉我, 不要作冗长复杂的解释.
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2. He struggled through this megillah and nobody believed him.
他费了好大劲才结束了这又臭又长的讲话,可没有谁相信他的鬼话.
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3. He insisted on giving us the whole megillah.
他坚持为我们提供完整的描述.
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英英释意
1. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account;
