英语词汇pulled teeth的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pulled teeth. One’s power decreases when teeth are pulled or drawn, according to ancient belief. This may well have been lit- erally true among primitive people when teeth were a weapon (as they were in the 1997 Tyson-Holyfield fight when Tyson bit off a piece of his opponent’s ear). The belief is said to come from a fable about a love-struck lion who agreed to have his teeth pulled and claws clipped if a fair lady would wed him. Af- ter Leo did this, the damsel’s father slew the King of Beasts.

词汇	pulled teeth
词源	pulled teeth. One’s power decreases when teeth are pulled or drawn, according to ancient belief. This may well have been lit- erally true among primitive people when teeth were a weapon (as they were in the 1997 Tyson-Holyfield fight when Tyson bit off a piece of his opponent’s ear). The belief is said to come from a fable about a love-struck lion who agreed to have his teeth pulled and claws clipped if a fair lady would wed him. Af- ter Leo did this, the damsel’s father slew the King of Beasts.
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