英语词汇tattletale的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tattletale
词源	tattletale. An informer, one who carries tales. Tattletale, which is still commonly heard, is an Americanism patterned on the much earlier British tell-tale (as in Tell tale tit / Your tongue shall be split . . . ) meaning the same. It wasn’t used by school children here until the 18th century, perhaps 300 years after its ancestor. American children increasingly use the gang- ster movie term rat for a tattletale today, calling tattling ratting.
随便看	when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef where-s the fire where-s the rest of me where the hoot owl hollers at noon where there-s smoke there-s fire wherewithal whig whip city whip of god whippet whipping boy whirlybird whiskers whiskey whiskey courage whistle for it whistler-s mother whistling in the dark whistling up the wind

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