英语词汇ride的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ride
词源	ride. To kid, to ridicule or harass. Both this word and the American underworld phrase take someone for a ride are first recorded at about the same time, around 1915. It has been sug- gested that the facetious ride derives from the sinister gangster expression meaning to force or entice someone into a car, take him to a lonely place, kill him, and dump him. To ride a person is of course not nearly so brutal as to take someone for a ride, but it isn’t especially pleasant, either.
随便看	don’t amount to a poot in a windstorm don’t blow a gasket don’t bogart that joint don’t change horses in midstream don’t come the acid don’t count on rain when it-s needed ‘til it-s floatin’ chips up around your belly button don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched don’t do anything i wouldn’t do don’t even think about it don’t fence me in don’t fix it if it-s not broke don’t get your bowels in an uproar don’t get your knickers in a twist don’t give a rap don’t give holy things to hounds don’t give up the ship don’t go shootin’ all the dogs ’cause one has fleas don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass don’t have a clue don’t hurry hopkins don’t know him from adam don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you

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