| 词汇 | go-by-the-ground |
| 词源 | go-by-the-ground; go-by-the-wall. A little person, man or woman, has been jocularly called a go-by-the-ground in En- gland since the 18th century, though today the term is heard only in English dialect. A go-by-the-wall meant a creeping, helpless person, or a coward. |
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