英语词汇fly a kite的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

fly a kite; kiting. Go fly a kite! means “get lost, don’t bother me, go do something somewhere else.” To fly a kite is another story. This is Irish, not American, slang dating back to the early 19th century and means “to raise money on a fraudulent note or to cash a check without having the funds in the bank to cover it.” The expression possibly derives from an older Irish phrase, to raise the wind, “to borrow money,” but in any event it sug- gests an action far removed from down-to-earth reality and honesty. To fly a kite isn’t heard much anymore, the expression kiting being used in its place. Someone kites a check when he overdraws his account and quickly cashes another check some- where else, depositing this cash in the bank to cover the origi- nal shortage. The kiting can go on for sometime, with new obligations incurred again and again to discharge old ones—a kite soaring farther and farther away from firm ground.

词汇	fly a kite
词源	fly a kite; kiting. Go fly a kite! means “get lost, don’t bother me, go do something somewhere else.” To fly a kite is another story. This is Irish, not American, slang dating back to the early 19th century and means “to raise money on a fraudulent note or to cash a check without having the funds in the bank to cover it.” The expression possibly derives from an older Irish phrase, to raise the wind, “to borrow money,” but in any event it sug- gests an action far removed from down-to-earth reality and honesty. To fly a kite isn’t heard much anymore, the expression kiting being used in its place. Someone kites a check when he overdraws his account and quickly cashes another check some- where else, depositing this cash in the bank to cover the origi- nal shortage. The kiting can go on for sometime, with new obligations incurred again and again to discharge old ones—a kite soaring farther and farther away from firm ground.
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