| 词汇 | stand the gaff |
| 词源 | stand the gaff. The gaff here is the sharp metal spur attached to the legs of cocks in cockfighting. A bird has to stand the slashes of such gaffs or lose the fight, which gave us the century- old expression to stand the gaff, meaning to weather hardship or strain, to endure patiently. |
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