英语词汇farm plant to the walls of the barn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	farm plant to the walls of the barn
词源	farm (plant) to the walls of the barn. To plant a crop exten- sively, using all or almost all available land on a farm. A variant is farm right up to the walls of the barn. By extension the old U.S. phrase means to employ all the resources one has at one’s disposal.
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