英语词汇going by shank-s mare的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

going by shank’s mare. This means to go somewhere by walking, to use “Walker’s bus,” and as far as is known no horseless Mr. Shank is responsible for the 200-year-old phrase, which is probably Scottish in origin. Neither is there any proof that the expression refers to King Edward I, nicknamed “Long Shanks” because whenever he rode a pony his long legs reached to the ground. The shank is the leg, or that part of the leg below the knee, and a mare is usually slower than a stal- lion. Going by marrow-bone stage, a play on the once-real Marylebone (pronounced “Marrybun”) stage in London, means the same.

词汇	going by shank-s mare
词源	going by shank’s mare. This means to go somewhere by walking, to use “Walker’s bus,” and as far as is known no horseless Mr. Shank is responsible for the 200-year-old phrase, which is probably Scottish in origin. Neither is there any proof that the expression refers to King Edward I, nicknamed “Long Shanks” because whenever he rode a pony his long legs reached to the ground. The shank is the leg, or that part of the leg below the knee, and a mare is usually slower than a stal- lion. Going by marrow-bone stage, a play on the once-real Marylebone (pronounced “Marrybun”) stage in London, means the same.
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