Here's a teeny tiny box from 18th century China, in the form of a mythical beast who's having a little rest.
We don't know much about it's origins, just that it was made in Beijing around 1736-1795.
They do hours of exhausting childcare so their own offspring can enjoy careers and holidays. So are they a teeny bit resentful?
紐約時報 August 23, 2005 說某南韓地方鼓勵穿 bikini,消費可享一成優惠:
BYEONSAN BIKINI BEACH, South Korea - It seemed like a good idea, a surefire way to catapult this beach into the ranks of Bali and Waikiki: a 10 percent discount for anyone in a bikini. 該文(摘要詳下)之標題,強調此一「算記」,乃失誤也。
A Tourism Plan's Itsy-Bitsy, Teeny-Weeny Miscalculation
By NORIMITSU ONISHI【 -----(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
itsy-bitsy
adjective [before noun] (US ALSO itty-bitty) HUMOROUS
extremely small:
She has these itsy-bitsy little hands and feet.
teeny (weeny) ]
adjective INFORMAL
very small:
Just a teeny weeny slice of cake for me, please - I'm supposed to be on a diet.
informal
The spot uses a remixed version of the 1960 song "Itsy Bitsy ie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," yet features a yellow bikini with red polka dots.
teeny-weeny
Tiny.
COSY
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