英语词汇cough up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cough up
词源	cough up. Four centuries ago to cough up meant to disclose. It did not take on its present meaning of “to pay up or hand over” until the end of the 19th century, probably originating in this sense as American criminal slang. One theory is that un- derworld suspects tried to bribe police officers with money in- stead of coughing up information about crimes, and that cough up then came to mean “pay up.”
随便看	if you can’t lick ’em join ’em if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen if you don’t do you’re gonna get done if you don’t like the weather just wait a minute if you need anything just whistle if you peel that onion a little farther if you want god to laugh tell him your plans if you want peace prepare for war if you’ve got the money honey i’ve got the time ignoramus ignorance is bliss ignore i gotta million of ’em i have but one answer i don’t know i have found it i have lost a day i have not yet begun to fight ihs i laughed till i cried il canzoniere iliad i like ike ilk illeist

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