英语词汇have the goods on的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	have the goods on
词源	have the goods on. The goods here are stolen goods, those found by the police on a criminal and almost assuring his con- viction. The phrase dates back only to the early 1900s, and “goods” may have referred specifically to bogus money made by counterfeiters before it was applied to stolen goods in gener- al. Soon after its introduction, the expression was being used generally for “to have knowledge giving one a hold over another.”
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