英语词汇shoot one-s bolt的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	shoot one-s bolt
词源	shoot one’s bolt. The bolt in this phrase, he’s shot his bolt, meaning he’s finished with his efforts, is not a door bolt, but an arrow—a bolt being an arrow with a bulletlike knob. Among other words and phrases owing their origin to the arrow are thunderbolt, a bolt from the blue, “a complete surprise,” and to bolt upright.
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