英语词汇this is a hell of a way to run a railway的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

this is a hell of a way to run a railway. An example (see mutt and jeff) of a cartoon contributing an expression to the language. In this case the common saying describing some- thing in a state of confusion possibly originated in a cartoon published in a 1932 issue of Ballyhoo Magazine. The cartoon shows two trains coming at each other on the same track and about to crash. “This is a hell of a way to run a railway,” a rail- way signalman says. But the expression may date back to the turn of the century, according to the recollections of several word enthusiasts who remember hearing it that far back.

词汇	this is a hell of a way to run a railway
词源	this is a hell of a way to run a railway. An example (see mutt and jeff) of a cartoon contributing an expression to the language. In this case the common saying describing some- thing in a state of confusion possibly originated in a cartoon published in a 1932 issue of Ballyhoo Magazine. The cartoon shows two trains coming at each other on the same track and about to crash. “This is a hell of a way to run a railway,” a rail- way signalman says. But the expression may date back to the turn of the century, according to the recollections of several word enthusiasts who remember hearing it that far back.
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