英语词汇work into a lather的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	work into a lather
词源	work into a lather. When we tell someone “Don’t work your- self into a lather” over something, we mean don’t get hot and bothered, don’t get angry or worried. Lather derives from the Anglo-Saxon word for washing soda or foam and has long been used to describe the flecks of foam on a heavily perspiring horse. From the notion of a horse worked into a hot and both- ered state came our expression, probably in the mid-19th century.
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