英语词汇go to the wall的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

go to the wall. A traveler set upon by robbers in medieval times tried to protect his back against the wall of a street or coun- try lane so that he didn’t have to worry about anyone running him through from the rear while he defended himself with his sword. But to go to the wall nevertheless suggested serious diffi- culties, for someone in such a position still had to fight off at- tackers from three sides. So the phrase came to describe anyone in serious straits, anyone up against it, down to his last resources, physical or financial. The expression driven to the wall and up against the wall derive, just as early, from the same situation.

词汇	go to the wall
词源	go to the wall. A traveler set upon by robbers in medieval times tried to protect his back against the wall of a street or coun- try lane so that he didn’t have to worry about anyone running him through from the rear while he defended himself with his sword. But to go to the wall nevertheless suggested serious diffi- culties, for someone in such a position still had to fight off at- tackers from three sides. So the phrase came to describe anyone in serious straits, anyone up against it, down to his last resources, physical or financial. The expression driven to the wall and up against the wall derive, just as early, from the same situation.
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