英语词汇push hit the panic button的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

push (hit) the panic button. Of the many panic buttons that could be the source of this expression, meaning “to act in unnecessary haste or panic,” the original appears to be the bell system used for bailouts and ditchings in World War II bombers such as the B-17 and B-24. Often extensive damage to a plane was hard to determine and pilots sometimes pushed the button activating the bell system too soon, caus- ing their crews to bail out unnecessarily when there was only minor damage to the aircraft. The expression is sometimes used today to demand that a job be completed rapidly and well.

词汇	push hit the panic button
词源	push (hit) the panic button. Of the many panic buttons that could be the source of this expression, meaning “to act in unnecessary haste or panic,” the original appears to be the bell system used for bailouts and ditchings in World War II bombers such as the B-17 and B-24. Often extensive damage to a plane was hard to determine and pilots sometimes pushed the button activating the bell system too soon, caus- ing their crews to bail out unnecessarily when there was only minor damage to the aircraft. The expression is sometimes used today to demand that a job be completed rapidly and well.
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