英语词汇shut out的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	shut out
词源	shut out. Though the term is most commonly heard in base- ball for a game in which the losing team doesn’t score, shut out probably has its origins in horse racing. First recorded in 1855, shut out has long referred to a bettor who arrives at a track win- dow when it is too late to bet, thus being shut out by the closed window. Today someone who fails to make any headway in an endeavor is said to be shut out.
随便看	you betcha etc you better believe you can bet your bottom dollar you can play with my dog you can play with my wife but you’d better leave my gun alone you can run but you can’t hide you can say that again you can take it to the bank you can whistle for it you can’t cheat an honest man you can’t cod me you can’t con me you can’t have your cake and eat it too you can’t judge a book by its cover you can’t keep a squirrel on the ground you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow-s ear you can’t win ’em all you could have heard a pin drop you couldn’t detect my interest with a high-powered telescope you don’t have money give yourself volunteer you don’t want to go there you furnish the pictures and i’ll furnish the war you gotta believe you have money give money you have the words but you don’t have the music

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