| 词汇 | salt horse |
| 词源 | salt horse. Beef or pork pickled in brine was often called salt horse on the New England coast and elsewhere. An old rhyme went: “Old horse! old horse! what brought you here?” “From Sacarap to Portland Pier I’ve carted stone for many a year; Till, killed by blows and sore abuse, They salted me down for sailor’s use. The sailors they do me despise, They turn me over and damn my eyes; Cut off my meat and scrape my bones And heave the rest to Davy Jones.” The “Sacarap” in the verse was a part of Westbrook, Maine, near Portland Pier, but the term salt horse is probably English in origin. |
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