英语词汇brave as a badger的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	brave as a badger
词源	brave as a badger. Ernest Hemingway called his friend for- eign correspondent Herbert Matthews brave as a badger in the early 1930s. The badger is indeed a brave mammalian creature, furiously protecting its burrow. It gets its name from the French word baucenc, which refers to the animal’s badgelike markings on its head. See badger for more about the creature, which gives its name to Michigan, the Badger State.
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