英语词汇two down one to go的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	two down one to go
词源	two down, one to go. When something is close to being ac- complished, when the finish is near, one might say two down, one to go. The common expression is from baseball, where down is a synonym for “out” and has been used that way for over a century. There are of course three outs an inning allowed to a team at bat before the opposing team gets a chance to bat.
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