英语词汇end up as a yard sale的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	end up as a yard sale
词源	end up as a yard sale. A very recent expression largely con- fined to skiers but which may find more general usage. The phrase is explained in a New York Times story (1/6/02): “After about three days, most reasonably athletic people can learn to [snow] board without winding up as a yard sale—the term for skiers who wipe out in operatic fashion.”
随便看	whig whip city whip of god whippet whipping boy whirlybird whiskers whiskey whiskey courage whistle for it whistler-s mother whistling in the dark whistling up the wind white bread white christmas white cliffs of dover white-collar worker whited painted sepulchre white elephant white fleet white-glove inspection white goods white graveyard of the atlantic white hats and black hats white horses

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。