| 词汇 | pass under the yoke |
| 词源 | pass under the yoke. After the Romans defeated an enemy they constructed a yoke of three long spears—two upright and one resting horizontally on them—making each vanquished soldier lay down his arms and pass under this archway. From this practice comes the expression to pass under the yoke, “to suffer a humility, or defeat, to be disgraced.” |
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