英语词汇all washed up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	all washed up
词源	all washed up. At the end of a day’s work a factory worker usually washes his hands. From this notion of washing hands af- ter finishing a job came the expression all washed up, finished with anything, which led to its later meaning of a business fail- ure, finished with everything, or anything that has become ob- solete and unfashionable. The expression dates back to the early 1920s.
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