| 词汇 | swear like a trooper |
| 词源 | swear like a trooper. The theatrical profession has been chastised for its vigorous swearing in times past, but this phrase wasn’t originally swear like a trouper. It dates back almost two centuries, to a time when British cavalrymen were noted for their profanity. English soldiers, or troopers, had in fact been famous for their blasphemy since long before Shakespeare’s sol- dier, the fourth of his seven ages of man, “Full of strange oaths and bearded like the bard.” |
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