| 词源 |
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Words describing Mu- hammad Ali’s boxing technique. His trainer and friend Bundini Brown coined the phrase when Ali was still Cassius Clay in the 1960s. One of Ali’s major opponents in his fights was Joe Frazi- er, whom he taunted whenever he could, calling him an “ugly old bear,” among other choice insults. Today Frazier calls him the Butterfly. See butterfly. |