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Alkanadi (显示个人资料) 2016年3月24日上午6:49:08
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-weir/the...
Vestitor (显示个人资料) 2016年3月24日上午11:08:07
Alkanadi (显示个人资料) 2016年3月24日下午3:28:38
Vestitor:It's article listing management speak, but okay.It seems like a plug for Esperanto, which doesn't have much to do with the subject matter. It is still cool to get the exposure though.
Vestitor (显示个人资料) 2016年3月24日下午6:55:16
FoxtrotUniform (显示个人资料) 2016年3月24日下午8:41:25
Vestitor:Out of interest I think the term 'bite the bullet' (in the article) comes from duelling with pistols where the seconds would bite the shot to test if it was real.[/quot]
I'm thinking "bite the bullet" comes from the practice of biting down on something hard to deal with the pain of pre-antasetic surgeries as a way to deal with the pain
It may be thaat all of the above are folk etymologies.
mkj1887 (显示个人资料) 2016年5月17日下午3:17:29