| 词汇 | trouble goin’ fall |
| 词源 | trouble goin’ fall. This old Gullah proverb, once common among slaves on the South Carolina rice plantations, is part of what one scholar calls the slaves’ “acceptance strategy of sur- vival.” As it was explained by a Gullah speaker: “Trouble made for man. Ain’t goin’ fall on the ground! Goin’ fall on somebody!” |
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