录音：美国习语A shot in the arm

 

 

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A shot in the arm

Meaning

A stimulus.

Origin

This expression derives from the invigorating effect of injecting drugs. A shot is of course US slang for an injection, either of a narcotic or medicinal drug. That term has been in use since around the beginning of the 20th century; for example, this piece from the San Francisco Chronicle Supplement, October 1904:

"I varied hardly a minute each day in the time of taking my injection. My first shot was when I awoke in the morning."

'A shot in the arm' came soon afterwards and the first mention of a figurative use of it in print that I can find is from the Maine newspaper The Lewiston Evening Journal, January 1916:

The vets can give politics a shot in the arm and the political leaders realize it.

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• 谢朗读，非常好的系列，图文并茂，学到了习语。 -祤湫霖- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 09:15:50

• thank you 班长！ -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 12:43:11

• 学习了, 谢谢! -tingfeng- ♀ (210 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 11:12:16

• Give me 5 shots of whiskey..good to know, thank you tingfeng! -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 12:40:35

• straight? here you are, Sunny! -tingfeng- ♀ (242 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 13:07:08

• 先饮为敬！嘎嘎～～ ：）Cheers! -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 13:18:02

• /r/ in arm can emphasize more. -2msmom- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 12:18:34

• Thank you 2msmom !yes, r is one of difficult sounds to me -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2012 postreply 12:42:23