英语词汇man of straw的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	man of straw
词源	man of straw; straw man. A man made of straw would cer- tainly be one without a heart or conscience, so that this expres- sion is apt for “an unscrupulous person who will do anything for gain.” However, the words may refer to real “straw men,” who in the past loitered near English courts with a straw in one of their shoes—this indicating that they would be willing to give false testimony or swear to anything in court for enough money.
随便看	the quip modest the race is not to the swift the rat the cat and lovell the dog therblig there ain’t no horse that can’t be rode / there ain’t no man that can’t be throwed there are no atheists in foxholes there but for the grace of god goes god there but for the grace of god go i thereby hangs a tale the red one there-s a one-eyed man in the game there-s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it there-s a sucker born every minute there-s many a slip twixt between cup and lip there-s no love lost between them there-s no there there there-s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos there-s nothing new under the sun there-s the rub there was a little girl there were giants in the earth in those days the rich are different from you and me the richest corpse in the graveyard thermos the rock

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