英语词汇the hills are closing in on him的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	the hills are closing in on him
词源	the hills are closing in on him. He’s going mad. This expres- sion, heard in America, England, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, originated with United Nations troops during the Ko- rean War, or Conflict. Korea of course has many forbidding hills and mountains.
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