英语词汇pull out all the stops的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pull out all the stops
词源	pull out all the stops. An organist who pulled out all the stops—levers used to change the sound of the instrument— would be giving his all, the meaning of this phrase. Though the organ, or its rude prototype, originated in Greece, the expres- sion deriving from it dates back to 19th-century England.
随便看	stewed as a fresh boiled owl stickball stick in one-s craw stick in the mud stick it in your ear stickler stick to one-s guns stick your neck out sticky wicket stiff stiffing the world stiff-necked stiff upper lip st ignatius-s bean still another chicken joke still as a stone still corners still have some snap left in one-s garters still waters run deep stink chariot stinker stinking iris stinkin’ benjamin stink on ice stink out loud

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