widow's cruse

English

From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16).

widow's cruse (plural widow's cruses)

An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager.
- 2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance:
  Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.

单词	widow's cruse
释义	widow's cruse English Etymology From the widow's cruse of oil that miraculously supplies Elijah during a famine (1 Kings 17:8–16). Noun widow's cruse (plural widow's cruses) An inexhaustible supply, often of something that appears meager. 2005, Jan Toporowski, Theories of financial disturbance: Thus profits, as a source of capital increment for entrepreneurs, are a widow's cruse which remains undepleted however much of them may be devoted to riotous living.
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