英语词汇trim his sails的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	trim his sails
词源	trim his sails. A sailor who trims his sails, “adjusts them to take advantage of the prevailing winds,” is a good one, but this 19th-century expression is now usually applied to an oppor- tunist in everyday life, one who is skillful in shifting his princi- ples with the prevailing winds, without regard for anyone or anything else.
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