英语词汇alyo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	alyo
词源	alyo. The unusual term alyo has had some currency in base- ball, where it means “a cool hand, a player who is not easily dis- concerted.” Alyo was probably first an underworld expression with the same meaning. It apparently derives from the Italian idiom mangiare aglio, literally “to eat garlic,” but meaning to appear calm and placid while being angry; this idiom is rooted in the Italian folk belief that garlic wards off evil.
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