英语词汇end of his rope的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	end of his rope
词源	end of his rope. An executed murderer dangling at the end of a rope didn’t inspire this old saying for someone who has outrun fortune, exhausted all his resources. It derives from an earlier phrase at the end of his tether, which refers to an animal who has come to the end of the rope he is tied to and can graze no more. The exact words aren’t recorded in English until 1809, but similar expressions are recorded as early as the 16th centu- ry, and Locke used something similar in Human Understand- ing. The expression give him enough rope to hang himself probably did reinforce the stronger meaning of the phrase.
随便看	idiolect idiot i disapprove of what you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it i do not choose to run i do not love thee dr fell i don’t give a damn ied if his iq slips any lower we’ll have to water him twice a day if i can’t dance it-s not my revolution if i live to be a hundred i hope i never see you again if it bleeds it leads if it is not true it is well-invented if jesus were alive today he would be at the super bowl if life spare if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit if the mountain will not come to muhammad muhammad must go to the mountain if you ain’t the lead horse the scenery never changes if you can make it in new york you can make it anywhere if you can’t lick ’em join ’em if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen if you don’t do you’re gonna get done if you don’t like the weather just wait a minute if you need anything just whistle if you peel that onion a little farther

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