| 词汇 | hang up one-s spikes |
| 词源 | hang up one’s spikes; hang up the gloves. Strictly speaking, the phrase hang up one’s spikes means “to retire” from profes- sional baseball, football, or any sport in which spiked shoes are worn, as in “Slugger Mark McGwire has decided to hang up his spikes.” However, the expression is used lightly for to retire from anything. The term was first recorded in 1942, the same year boxing’s hang up the gloves made its initial appearance. |
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