英语词汇not to know if one is coming or going的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	not to know if one is coming or going
词源	not to know if one is coming or going. Used to describe a very confused, ignorant, or stupid person, this American ex- pression dates back to at least the early 1920s.
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