词汇 | in hoover we trusted now we are busted |
词源 | In Hoover we trusted, now we are busted. Herbert Hoover won the U.S. Presidency in 1928 with his party’s slogans A chick- en in every pot and rum, romanism and rebellion, the latter a reference to his opponent Al Smith’s Catholicism. He lost the presidency in 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, Frank- lin D. Roosevelt’s supporters calling for “New Deal” and chanting in Hoover we trusted, now we are busted. See hooverize. |
随便看 |
|
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史,是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。