| 词汇 | get to first base |
| 词源 | get to first base. To make love that progresses no further than innocent kissing, or not to progress very far in any en- deavor, as in “He couldn’t get to first base learning Greek.” The allusion is to baseball, and the expression dates back to the early 20th century. |
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