| 词汇 | wing it |
| 词源 | wing it. To do something without preparation or without much preparation. This was first a 19th-century theater expres- sion that originated with actors who went on stage without knowing their lines, usually in taking the place of an absent ac- tor. They depended on prompters in the wings to get them through the performance. |
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