英语词汇chew the fat rag的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

chew the fat (rag). One guess is that this expression was originally a nautical one: Sailors working their jaws on the tough salt pork rationed out when supplies ran low constantly grumbled about their poor fare while literally chewing the fat. Chewing the rag also had a grouchy connotation when first re- corded in print at about the same time, in 1885. There are a few stories relating these words to actual rag chewing (men chew- ing pieces of rags when out of tobacco and grousing about it, etc.), but more than likely the expression has its roots in the En- glish verb to rag, “to scold,” its origin unknown. Both phrases are probably much older than their first appearance in print, and both are used more often today to mean a talkfest between friends than the act of complaining.

词汇	chew the fat rag
词源	chew the fat (rag). One guess is that this expression was originally a nautical one: Sailors working their jaws on the tough salt pork rationed out when supplies ran low constantly grumbled about their poor fare while literally chewing the fat. Chewing the rag also had a grouchy connotation when first re- corded in print at about the same time, in 1885. There are a few stories relating these words to actual rag chewing (men chew- ing pieces of rags when out of tobacco and grousing about it, etc.), but more than likely the expression has its roots in the En- glish verb to rag, “to scold,” its origin unknown. Both phrases are probably much older than their first appearance in print, and both are used more often today to mean a talkfest between friends than the act of complaining.
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