Because whenever we say,"Asia Minor," we're talking about that section around the Mediterranean that now is called Turkey. But it was called Asia Minor, generally,in the Roman Imperial Period.
因为当我们说到“小亚细亚“,指的便是地中海附近,现在那里叫土耳其,但在罗马帝国时代,它通常被称为小亚细亚。
So they say you should start like a Turkey and finish like an Englishman.
所以有个说法就是开始时要像土耳其人一样开始某事,而结束时要像英国人一样。
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