英语词汇crooked as a barrel of snakes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	crooked as a barrel of snakes
词源	crooked as a barrel of snakes; crooked as a dog’s hind leg; crooked as a barrel of fishhooks. Someone very dishonest or sly is crooked as a barrel of snakes, this Americanism dates back to the 19th century. The Americanism crooked as a dog’s hind leg means the same and was first recorded at about the same time, as does the reference to fishhooks. “He was the mayor but crooked as a barrel of fishhooks.”
随便看	putative put in a good word for someone put in one-s two cents’ worth put it all in the first paragraph put lay one-s finger upon put nothing smaller than your elbow in your ear put one-s best foot forward put one-s foot in one-s mouth put one-s oar in another-s boat put on nothing but the radio put on the buskin put on the dog put on the gloves put on the spot putt put that in your pipe and smoke it put the cart before the horse put the john d to her put the kibosh on put the pedal to the metal put the toothpaste back in the tube put through the mill put to the pale put up on a pedestal put up your dukes

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