英语词汇not worth a rap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	not worth a rap
词源	not worth a rap. This rap isn’t a knock, as many people be- lieve. The rap in the phrase was a half-penny circulated in Ire- land in 1721; worth very little, it gave rise to our expression not worth a rap, “worth nothing at all.”
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