英语词汇cut of his jib的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cut of his jib
词源	cut of his jib. The cut of a jib, or foresail, of a ship indicates her character to a sailor and jib means “face” in sailor’s slang. Thus don’t like the cut of his jib, which probably dates to a cen- tury ago, translates as “I’m suspicious of him; I don’t like the ex- pression on his face.”
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