| 词汇 | put a sock in it |
| 词源 | put a sock in it. Seldom heard anymore, this phrase goes back to the days of early phonographs, first invented by Tho- mas Edison in 1877. The first phonographs had no form of vol- ume control and in order to hold the volume down, teenagers were told to put a sock in the horn to mute the sound. To put a sock in it came generally to mean “to stop anyone from talking too much or too loudly.” |
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