英语词汇put one-s best foot forward的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	put one-s best foot forward
词源	put one’s best foot forward. The best foot in the common phrase is the right foot, it having been considered unlucky by the ancients to begin any journey or enterprise with the left foot; many English brides, for example, still put the right foot forward first when they enter the church.
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