英语词汇fin out的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fin out
词源	fin out. Badly injured, close to dying. The old expression is nautical in origin, first referring to a dying whale that rolls over, showing its fin. “She’s near ninety and just about fin out.”
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