英语词汇red herring的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	red herring
词源	red herring. Red herring are herring that have been cured and become red in color. Escaping criminals in the 17th centu- ry would drag strong-smelling red herring across a trail to make pursuing bloodhounds lose the scent. This practice in- spired the popular expression to drag a red herring across the trail and the more recent, shortened term red herring, which means confusing an issue by dragging in something irrelevant to the matter.
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