英语词汇egg on的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	egg on
词源	egg on. The expression to egg on has nothing to do with hen’s eggs or any kind of eggs. Neither does it derive from Norman invaders pricking Anglo-Saxon prisoners in the buttocks with their ecgs (“the points of their spears”) when urging them to move faster, as one old story claims. To egg on is just a form of the obsolete English verb “to edge”: to incite, provoke, encour- age, urge on, push someone nearer to the edge. To egg someone meant the same as to edge someone and was used that way until about 1566, when the expression was first lengthened and be- came to egg on.
随便看	i do not choose to run i do not love thee dr fell i don’t give a damn ied if his iq slips any lower we’ll have to water him twice a day if i can’t dance it-s not my revolution if i live to be a hundred i hope i never see you again if it bleeds it leads if it is not true it is well-invented if jesus were alive today he would be at the super bowl if life spare if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit if the mountain will not come to muhammad muhammad must go to the mountain if you ain’t the lead horse the scenery never changes if you can make it in new york you can make it anywhere if you can’t lick ’em join ’em if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen if you don’t do you’re gonna get done if you don’t like the weather just wait a minute if you need anything just whistle if you peel that onion a little farther if you want god to laugh tell him your plans if you want peace prepare for war if you’ve got the money honey i’ve got the time

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