| 词汇 | put the pedal to the metal |
| 词源 | put the pedal to the metal. To drive a car as fast as it can be driven, drive!, floor it! This Americanism has nothing to do with soft pedal, which means to deemphasize and comes from the pedal on a piano that softens notes. |
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