英语词汇it-s the pits的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

It’s the pits. Grape pits, orange pits, etc. contributed nothing to this relatively recent derogatory slang expression, which de- scribes something of the worst order, though you might suspect that the bitter, unpalatable pits of a fruit would logically have something to do with the term. It’s the pits was originally junkie talk from “Needle Parks” across the country, the armpits being among the last and most painful places a drug addict can shoot dope when the rest of his body is pocked and diseased, the blood vessels collapsed.

词汇	it-s the pits
词源	It’s the pits. Grape pits, orange pits, etc. contributed nothing to this relatively recent derogatory slang expression, which de- scribes something of the worst order, though you might suspect that the bitter, unpalatable pits of a fruit would logically have something to do with the term. It’s the pits was originally junkie talk from “Needle Parks” across the country, the armpits being among the last and most painful places a drug addict can shoot dope when the rest of his body is pocked and diseased, the blood vessels collapsed.
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