英语词汇hang in there的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hang in there. This common Americanism, meaning “to refuse to give up” and “to stick with it,” originally hails from the world of boxing, where managers exhorted exhausted fighters to finish a round or a bout, even to hang on to the ropes. In re- cent years the expression has come to be used as common part- ing words to someone in trouble, or in fact to anyone, since everyone in this life is usually up against the ropes in one way or another. Similarly, a frequent answer from anyone asked how he or she is: “I’m hanging in there.”

词汇	hang in there
词源	hang in there. This common Americanism, meaning “to refuse to give up” and “to stick with it,” originally hails from the world of boxing, where managers exhorted exhausted fighters to finish a round or a bout, even to hang on to the ropes. In re- cent years the expression has come to be used as common part- ing words to someone in trouble, or in fact to anyone, since everyone in this life is usually up against the ropes in one way or another. Similarly, a frequent answer from anyone asked how he or she is: “I’m hanging in there.”
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