Thanks for sharing! The origin of the term is interesting too(^_

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回答: 学个习语:Take a rain check(音频文字) 由 斓婷 于 2014-04-03 13:41:27

rain check origin

The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was formalized in 1890 in the constitution of the National League. In other words, if it rained (something the purchaser had no influence over) and the game was postponed, the ticket holder could come back for another game.

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• 谢分享rain check的起源,才知道与观看baseball game有关呢。 -斓婷- ♀ 给 斓婷 发送悄悄话 斓婷 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 04/03/2014 postreply 17:42:46

• I was about to ask what a snow check would be, -冲浪潜水员- ♂ 给 冲浪潜水员 发送悄悄话 冲浪潜水员 的博客首页 (108 bytes) () 04/03/2014 postreply 23:32:25

• "a snow check", you are so creative. -斓婷- ♀ 给 斓婷 发送悄悄话 斓婷 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 04/04/2014 postreply 05:42:35

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