词汇 | his name is dennis |
词源 | his name is Dennis. He is finished, has had it, is fired. The old term, rarely if ever used anymore, derives from the whaling expression Dennis that meant a harpooned whale spouting blood and likely to be taken. Why such whales were named Dennis is not known. |
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