| 词汇 | play a hunch |
| 词源 | play a hunch. Gamblers once believed that rubbing a hunch- back’s hump brought good luck. Although the superstition is fortunately all but dead, the expression to play a hunch, “to have a lucky notion or premonition,” is still frequently heard. The belief that deformed people have special powers or links with the devil is an ancient one. Hunchbacks in particular were believed to share with the devil the ability to see into the future. |
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