英语词汇leave in the soup的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	leave in the soup
词源	leave in the soup. To leave someone in the lurch or in trou- ble. The expression is an Americanism first recorded in 1889 in connection with some South Dakota con man who skipped town with a lot of money, leaving many investors in trouble.
随便看	even a worm will turn even keel even steven everest everglades evergreen evergreen state everlasting flower every bean has it black everybody-s doin’ it doin’ it every day in every way i am getting better and better every dog has his day every hair a rope yarn every idea is an incitement every inch a man etc everyman every man has his price every man jack everyone needs an editor everyone to his own taste everyone to their liking as the old woman said everything but the kitchen sink everything-s all tiggerty-boo everything-s coming up roses everything worthwhile doing is either immoral illegal or fattening

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