英语词汇leave in the lurch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

leave in the lurch. Lourche, or “lurch,” was an old French dic- ing game resembling backgammon, popular in the 16th century. Any player who incurred a lurch in the game was left helplessly behind the goal, so far behind his opponent that he couldn’t possibly win, which led to the figurative meaning of leaving someone in a helpless plight. The expression persists in English despite the fact that no one plays the old dicing game anymore, possibly because lurch describes a similar losing position in the game of cribbage.

词汇	leave in the lurch
词源	leave in the lurch. Lourche, or “lurch,” was an old French dic- ing game resembling backgammon, popular in the 16th century. Any player who incurred a lurch in the game was left helplessly behind the goal, so far behind his opponent that he couldn’t possibly win, which led to the figurative meaning of leaving someone in a helpless plight. The expression persists in English despite the fact that no one plays the old dicing game anymore, possibly because lurch describes a similar losing position in the game of cribbage.
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