词汇 | katy-bar-the-door |
词源 | Katy-bar-the-door. Watch out, take precautions, big trouble is coming, as in “When that hurricane hits, it’s liable to be Katy- bar-the-door.” The Americanism, a century or so old, probably was coined in the Wild West. |
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