英语词汇put on the dog的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

put on the dog. Lap dogs were all the rage among the new rich in America shortly after the Civil War, especially King Charles and Blenheim spaniels, rather imperious-looking dogs to the common man and certainly very distant relatives sociologically of the average American mutt, who had to work or scrounge for his supper. These snooty dogs being pam- pered by their snooty owners probably inspired the expres- sion putting on the dog, “showing off,” which apparently arose in the 1860s as college slang at Yale University. Attempts to derive put on the dog from the older put on side all seem strained. The reasoning behind the latter is that dogs “show off ” by arching out one side while moving their feet in intri- cate maneuvers.

词汇	put on the dog
词源	put on the dog. Lap dogs were all the rage among the new rich in America shortly after the Civil War, especially King Charles and Blenheim spaniels, rather imperious-looking dogs to the common man and certainly very distant relatives sociologically of the average American mutt, who had to work or scrounge for his supper. These snooty dogs being pam- pered by their snooty owners probably inspired the expres- sion putting on the dog, “showing off,” which apparently arose in the 1860s as college slang at Yale University. Attempts to derive put on the dog from the older put on side all seem strained. The reasoning behind the latter is that dogs “show off ” by arching out one side while moving their feet in intri- cate maneuvers.
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