英语词汇irish的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Irish. No one would think that those with “the gift of tongues” could be bested when it came to the English language. But the Irish have been done more harm than ever they inflicted. In fact, many expressions bearing their name seem too good to have been coined by anyone but an Irishman himself, as indeed some undoubtably were. The English began this verbal war on the Hibernians with expressions like Irish mail, a sack of pota- toes; Irish draperies, cobwebs; Irish lantern, the moon; Irish wedding, the emptying of a cesspool; Irish hurricane, a flat sea; Irish battleship, a barge; Irish bull, any obvious contradiction in terms; and Irish blunder, which Swift defined as “to take the noise of brass for thunder.” But when the Irish emigrated to America, the other immigrants, old and new, did worse by them, appropriating some ancient expressions and adding some new ones. Irish evidence here was perjury; an Irish beauty, a girl with two black eyes; an Irish diamond, a rock; an Irish spoon, a spade; an Irish apple, a potato; an Irish bouquet, a brickbat; an Irish promotion, a demotion; an Irish dividend, an assessment; Irish confetti, bricks; and an Irishman’s dinner, a fast. It all was enough for them to get their Irish up, which they occasionally did, though it didn’t hurt as much as the common No Irish Need Apply signs. Somehow all the favorable coinings didn’t help matters much. These include Irish daisy, Irish potato, Irish moss, Irish setter, Irish stew, Irish terrier, Irish wolfhound and, of course, Irish whiskey and Irish coffee. See gaelic words in english.

词汇	irish
词源	Irish. No one would think that those with “the gift of tongues” could be bested when it came to the English language. But the Irish have been done more harm than ever they inflicted. In fact, many expressions bearing their name seem too good to have been coined by anyone but an Irishman himself, as indeed some undoubtably were. The English began this verbal war on the Hibernians with expressions like Irish mail, a sack of pota- toes; Irish draperies, cobwebs; Irish lantern, the moon; Irish wedding, the emptying of a cesspool; Irish hurricane, a flat sea; Irish battleship, a barge; Irish bull, any obvious contradiction in terms; and Irish blunder, which Swift defined as “to take the noise of brass for thunder.” But when the Irish emigrated to America, the other immigrants, old and new, did worse by them, appropriating some ancient expressions and adding some new ones. Irish evidence here was perjury; an Irish beauty, a girl with two black eyes; an Irish diamond, a rock; an Irish spoon, a spade; an Irish apple, a potato; an Irish bouquet, a brickbat; an Irish promotion, a demotion; an Irish dividend, an assessment; Irish confetti, bricks; and an Irishman’s dinner, a fast. It all was enough for them to get their Irish up, which they occasionally did, though it didn’t hurt as much as the common No Irish Need Apply signs. Somehow all the favorable coinings didn’t help matters much. These include Irish daisy, Irish potato, Irish moss, Irish setter, Irish stew, Irish terrier, Irish wolfhound and, of course, Irish whiskey and Irish coffee. See gaelic words in english.
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