Cornucopia: So Much of a Good Thing! — VOA Learning English
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And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.
On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We give examples and notes on usage.
Today we talk about a word connected to Thanksgiving.
One of the traditional images of Thanksgiving is something called a cornucopia. This is a container shaped like a goat’s horn. And it is overflowing with many kinds of fruits and vegetables, such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes. So, sometimes we call it a “horn of plenty.”
Plenty means to have a large amount of something. For example, if you live in the land of plenty, you live in an area with lots of resources -- natural as well as social and financial.
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