Lovers have a rage for talking of their martyrdom. Rather than be silent, they would tell it to the birds that fly, or the cloud which passes.
--From Catherine--
According to Google Books, the phrase made its way into the English language via a translation of a French novel. It seems to have taken awhile for it to gain the tone of sarcasm with which we associate it today.
2 comments:
Sounds tweet-worthy!
A heard from an angry blue jay.
Nothing from the crow or the tom turkey though.
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