英语词汇didn’t lay a finger on的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	didn’t lay a finger on
词源	didn’t lay a finger on. These words seem so obvious for “didn’t touch, didn’t harm in the slightest way” that one would think the expression is of ancient origin. But the O.E.D. has only traced the first recorded use of the common phrase back to England in 1865.
随便看	it italian italian words in english italic type itch itching ears itchy trigger finger it didn’t jell it doesn’t go on all fours i throw a shoe at you it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle it might have been it must have been one of the nuts it rains on the just and unjust alike i trust it-s nothing trivial its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers it-s greek to me

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。