英语词汇let-s see the color of your money的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

let’s see the color of your money. When this saying originat- ed in the early 18th century paper money wasn’t in general use, so it couldn’t allude to the inferior color of counterfeit money, as has been suggested. So-called red money (gold) and white money (silver) was in existence, however. Probably the expres- sion was born when someone selling something refused to dis- cuss the matter until the prospective buyer proved that the more valuable red money, not white, was jingling in his purse or pocket.

词汇	let-s see the color of your money
词源	let’s see the color of your money. When this saying originat- ed in the early 18th century paper money wasn’t in general use, so it couldn’t allude to the inferior color of counterfeit money, as has been suggested. So-called red money (gold) and white money (silver) was in existence, however. Probably the expres- sion was born when someone selling something refused to dis- cuss the matter until the prospective buyer proved that the more valuable red money, not white, was jingling in his purse or pocket.
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