词汇 | cut one-s foot |
词源 | cut one’s foot. To cut one’s foot means to step in cow dung. The euphemism, traced back to the Appalachians, was first re- corded in 1899 and still has some currency in rural areas today. A variation is to cut one’s foot on a Chinese razor. |
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