英语词汇pull the wool over one-s eyes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pull the wool over one’s eyes. Most investigations of this ex- pression trace it to the huge wigs that were the fashion in the early 19th century, when wool was a joking term for hair. Judges often wore these poor-fitting wigs, which frequently slipped over the eyes, and it may have been that a clever lawyer who tricked a judge bragged about his deception by saying that he pulled the wool over his eyes. Or purse-snatchers may have pulled down the wigs of gentlemen to make it easier to snatch their purses while they stumbled about. The actual source is re- ally unknown and although the expression is first recorded in America (1839), it is thought to be of older, English origin.

词汇	pull the wool over one-s eyes
词源	pull the wool over one’s eyes. Most investigations of this ex- pression trace it to the huge wigs that were the fashion in the early 19th century, when wool was a joking term for hair. Judges often wore these poor-fitting wigs, which frequently slipped over the eyes, and it may have been that a clever lawyer who tricked a judge bragged about his deception by saying that he pulled the wool over his eyes. Or purse-snatchers may have pulled down the wigs of gentlemen to make it easier to snatch their purses while they stumbled about. The actual source is re- ally unknown and although the expression is first recorded in America (1839), it is thought to be of older, English origin.
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