英语词汇show the white feather的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	show the white feather
词源	show the white feather. A cock with any white feathers was believed to be poorly bred and too cowardly for cockfighting in days past. This led to the old expression to show the white feath- er, “to exhibit cowardice.”
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