英语词汇mutt and jeff的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Mutt and Jeff. We use this expression frequently to com- pare two friends or a loving couple, one short and one tall. The term is from the comic strip “Mutt and Jeff ” created by Henry Conway (Bud) Fisher in 1907, but the little guy is named after former heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries. It happened when artist Fisher had Augustus Mutt, the tall, chinless member of the duo, visit a sanitarium in an early strip; there Mutt met a pleasant little inmate who fancied himself the boxing great Jim Jeffries. Mutt dubbed him Jeff for this reason. Jeffries (1875–1953) was one of the few heavy- weight champions to retire undefeated, but just as Joe Louis was KO’d when he made a comeback so was Jeffries—by Jack Johnson in 1910. See mutt.

词汇	mutt and jeff
词源	Mutt and Jeff. We use this expression frequently to com- pare two friends or a loving couple, one short and one tall. The term is from the comic strip “Mutt and Jeff ” created by Henry Conway (Bud) Fisher in 1907, but the little guy is named after former heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries. It happened when artist Fisher had Augustus Mutt, the tall, chinless member of the duo, visit a sanitarium in an early strip; there Mutt met a pleasant little inmate who fancied himself the boxing great Jim Jeffries. Mutt dubbed him Jeff for this reason. Jeffries (1875–1953) was one of the few heavy- weight champions to retire undefeated, but just as Joe Louis was KO’d when he made a comeback so was Jeffries—by Jack Johnson in 1910. See mutt.
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