brown-nose的词源

英文词源

brown-nose (v.)

also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [Webster, 1961]. Related: Brown-noser, brown-nosing (both 1950).

中文词源

brown-nose：拍马屁

俚语词。brown，棕色的。nose, 鼻子。讽刺拍马屁拍到老板的屁都要闻或更恶心行为。

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