英语词汇end of his rope的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

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.

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.
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