英语词汇play for keeps的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	play for keeps
词源	play for keeps. No one really knows the age of this expres- sion, from the game of marbles. It refers to a marbles game in which players keep the marbles they win; they don’t give them back to the loser. In general slang, to play for keeps has come to mean to be intent and serious to the point of callousness or to play rough. See play hardball.
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