词汇 | going going gone |
词源 | going . . . going . . . gone. Any New York Yankee fan of the 1950s will remember this phrase, which became the trademark of Yankee radio announcer Mel Allen (1913–96) in describing a home run or a hit in the process of becoming a home run. Just as well known were the native Alabamian’s words How ’bout that?, a comment about how pleasing or depressing or dramatic something was. |
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