{"petit-maitre a la Parisienne" = a ridiculously pretentious dandy, Parisian-style; "poulets a la Marengo" = chicken Marengo, a recipe supposedly invented by Napoleon's chef after the Battle of Marengo in 1800; "ortolans a la Provencale" = ortolans (a variety of bunting) in the style of southern France (Provence) (French)}英文原著 · 《Elinor Wyllys-1》
"Who can he be?" said the gelding. "He seems suspiciously civil," said the mare. "I do not think he can be much account," said the gelding. "Depend upon it he is only a Kanaka," said the mare. Then they turned to him. "Go to the devil!" said the gelding. "I wonder at your impudence, speaking to persons of our quality!" cried the mare. The saddle-horse went away by himself.英文原著 · 《Fables》
All farmers are fools. When they hear a citizen in the country say: That's a fine horse! they say: 'Tis no horse, 'tis a mare; whether the thing's a horse or not. The simpletons don't know that a mare's a horse, though a horse is not a mare.英文原著 · 《Gypsy Dictionary》
[Alluding, as all Scotsmen know, to the humorous old song:-- 'The auld man's mare's dead, The puir man's mare's dead, The auld man's mare's dead, A mile aboon Dundee.']英文原著 · 《Redgauntlet》
a Mare! a Mare! Whose is she? is next asked thrice. B.'s, naming the owner thrice. Whither will you send her? D., naming some neighbour who has not reaped all his corn. In this custom the corn-spirit in the form of a mare is passed on from a farm where the corn is all cut to another farm where it is still standing, and where therefore the corn-spirit may be supposed naturally to take refuge.英文原著 · 《The Golden Bough》
But by that time one of the royal grooms had made his appearance and the brute did not dare carry out his threat. While the groom strove to quiet the mare, a great tumult arose in some other part of the market-place. There was a whinnying, plunging, rearing, and screaming, as if the whole field had gone mad. The black mare joined in the concert, and stood with her ears pricked up and her head raised in an attitude of panicky expectation. Quite fearlessly Erik walked up to her, patted her on the neck and spoke soothingly to her.英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
Those are stallions you put into the stall with the sole purpose of making sure the mare's in heat, primed for breeding.美剧 · 《Billions》