| 词汇 | auger in |
| 词源 | auger in. Pilots superstitiously avoid the use of the word crash, using many euphemisms, including buy the farm and auger in. Auger in dates back to the day of the prop plane, planes with props resembling an auger as they crashed into the earth. |
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