英语词汇down and out的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	down and out
词源	down and out. Another boxing expression which, like down for the count, has been used since the turn of the century. Figu- ratively, it can mean anything from death to abject poverty, as it does in the title of George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) as well as the movie Down and Out in Beverly Hills. See down for the count.
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