英语词汇feed the fishes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

feed the fishes. This old expression has two meanings. In Sicilian criminal circles it means that someone has been mur- dered, whether his body has been literally weighted down and thrown into the water or not. The expression was used in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, when a large fish is delivered to the Godfather’s family and someone explains that this is an old Sicilian message from their enemies meaning one of their henchmen “feeds the fishes.” In a more humorous vein, dating back over a century, feed the fishes means that someone has become seasick and vomited over the ship’s rail into the water.

词汇	feed the fishes
词源	feed the fishes. This old expression has two meanings. In Sicilian criminal circles it means that someone has been mur- dered, whether his body has been literally weighted down and thrown into the water or not. The expression was used in Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, when a large fish is delivered to the Godfather’s family and someone explains that this is an old Sicilian message from their enemies meaning one of their henchmen “feeds the fishes.” In a more humorous vein, dating back over a century, feed the fishes means that someone has become seasick and vomited over the ship’s rail into the water.
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