| 词汇 | going 19 to the dozen |
| 词源 | going 19 to the dozen. Still heard occasionally today to de- scribe someone who can’t cease talking, a motormouth. The ex- pression dates back to the early days of steam, when steam engines powered pumps in the mines. A steam engine going 19 to the dozen was pumping 1,900 gallons of water for every 12 bushels of coal it used for fuel. |
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