英语词汇put up your dukes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

put up your dukes. Dukes, for “fists,” probably honors the duke of York, Frederick Augustus (1763–1820), the second son of England’s George III. A total loss as commander-in- chief of the Army, Frederick was nevertheless popular among his subjects. As he had once dueled in public with the future duke of Richmond, his name was associated with fighting, and being an ardent sportsman, he was often seen at the racetrack and prize ring. Possibly this led boxers to nickname their fists Dukes of York, the phrase finally shortened to dukes and ex- pressions like put up your dukes, “let’s fight,” becoming com- mon. Or else Duke of Yorks, Cockney rhyming slang for “forks,” was associated with fingers, then hands, and finally fists, or dukes—with the Duke of York somewhere in mind. Another even more ingenious explanation has it that noses were called Dukes because the Duke of Wellington’s nose was big—fists therefore being dubbed Duke busters, which ultimately be- came dukes. The Duke may have been immortalized in the language, but he ended his career in disgrace when his mis- tress admitted to taking bribes with his permission. To save face, he had to pension her off so that she wouldn’t publish his love letters.

词汇	put up your dukes
词源	put up your dukes. Dukes, for “fists,” probably honors the duke of York, Frederick Augustus (1763–1820), the second son of England’s George III. A total loss as commander-in- chief of the Army, Frederick was nevertheless popular among his subjects. As he had once dueled in public with the future duke of Richmond, his name was associated with fighting, and being an ardent sportsman, he was often seen at the racetrack and prize ring. Possibly this led boxers to nickname their fists Dukes of York, the phrase finally shortened to dukes and ex- pressions like put up your dukes, “let’s fight,” becoming com- mon. Or else Duke of Yorks, Cockney rhyming slang for “forks,” was associated with fingers, then hands, and finally fists, or dukes—with the Duke of York somewhere in mind. Another even more ingenious explanation has it that noses were called Dukes because the Duke of Wellington’s nose was big—fists therefore being dubbed Duke busters, which ultimately be- came dukes. The Duke may have been immortalized in the language, but he ended his career in disgrace when his mis- tress admitted to taking bribes with his permission. To save face, he had to pension her off so that she wouldn’t publish his love letters.
随便看	you can say that again you can take it to the bank you can whistle for it you can’t cheat an honest man you can’t cod me you can’t con me you can’t have your cake and eat it too you can’t judge a book by its cover you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow-s ear you can’t win ’em all you could have heard a pin drop you couldn’t detect my interest with a high-powered telescope you don’t have money give yourself volunteer you don’t want to go there you furnish the pictures and i’ll furnish the war you gotta believe you have money give money you have the words but you don’t have the music you know it makes one feel rather good deciding not to be a bitch you might as well appeal against the thunderstorm you never miss the water till the well runs dry youngberry young folk of the pear garden