英语词汇down for the count的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	down for the count
词源	down for the count. A fighter who is “down for the count” is knocked out, unable to get up by the count of 10. In the 1920s these words began to take on the extended use of totally defeat- ed, unable to go on, doomed to fail miserably.
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