| 词源 |
set one’s cap at. This phrase most likely goes back to the 18th century, a time when ladies wore light muslin caps indoors as well as out. When a suitor came to call, a young woman would naturally put on her best cap and wear it at the most fetching angle in order to impress her man and win a husband. This was called setting one’s cap at or for a man, an expression still occa- sionally heard today. |