英语词汇get more bang for the buck的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	get more bang for the buck
词源	get more bang for the buck. These words, frequently heard today, have nothing to do with sex and ladies of the night, as has been suggested, although bang is slang for copulate. The expression means to get more value for your money and was apparently coined by President Dwight Eisenhower’s defense secretary, Charles E. Wilson, in applauding a policy aiming for “more basic [national] security at less cost.” Wilson’s words were more exactly, “a bigger bang for the buck,” and bang here means “firepower,” not sex. More details can be found in William Safire’s The New Language of Politicians (1968).
随便看	don’t come the acid don’t count on rain when it-s needed ‘til it-s floatin’ chips up around your belly button don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched don’t do anything i wouldn’t do don’t even think about it don’t fence me in don’t fix it if it-s not broke don’t get your bowels in an uproar don’t get your knickers in a twist don’t give a rap don’t give holy things to hounds don’t give up the ship don’t go shootin’ all the dogs ’cause one has fleas don’t go to the bad for the shadow of an ass don’t have a clue don’t hurry hopkins don’t know him from adam don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you don’t look now don’t make two bites of a cherry don’t play games with me don’t poke one-s nose into it

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