英语词汇beat the band的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

beat the band. Banagher, an Irish town on the Shannon, was in the mid-19th century a notorious “pocket borough” where most residents were employed by the local lord and voted as he directed (were “in his pocket”). It became a standing joke in Parliament at the time to quip “Well, that beats (or bangs) Banagher!” whenever someone mentioned a pocket borough where every resident was employed by the local lord. Either via this route, or because of an Irish minstrel named Bannagher who told amazing stories, the saying that beats Banagher, for “anything amazing or superior,” became an English favorite. It’s reasonable to suggest, as Partridge does, that the later phrase that beats the band, derived from it. The alliterative expressions do sound alike and “bang” (from both the alternate version of the English phrase and Banagher) would suggest “band”—that beats something louder, bigger, better than a great brass band. Attempts to connect that beats the band with several real bands have all failed.

词汇	beat the band
词源	beat the band. Banagher, an Irish town on the Shannon, was in the mid-19th century a notorious “pocket borough” where most residents were employed by the local lord and voted as he directed (were “in his pocket”). It became a standing joke in Parliament at the time to quip “Well, that beats (or bangs) Banagher!” whenever someone mentioned a pocket borough where every resident was employed by the local lord. Either via this route, or because of an Irish minstrel named Bannagher who told amazing stories, the saying that beats Banagher, for “anything amazing or superior,” became an English favorite. It’s reasonable to suggest, as Partridge does, that the later phrase that beats the band, derived from it. The alliterative expressions do sound alike and “bang” (from both the alternate version of the English phrase and Banagher) would suggest “band”—that beats something louder, bigger, better than a great brass band. Attempts to connect that beats the band with several real bands have all failed.
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