英语词汇high-handed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	high-handed
词源	high-handed. In the Bible (Num. 23:3) the direct ancestor of this phrase means “triumphantly.” It is used in describing the departure of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage: “. . . on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.” The description does suggest a certain amount of arrogance, however, and it is probably from this passage that high-handed came, with the passage of time, to mean arrogant or overbearing.
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