| 词汇 | set one-s cap at |
| 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. |
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