coat-tail 的詞源
coat-tail(n.)
大約1600年,“外衣後下部形成的垂墜物”,源自於 coat(n.)+ tail(n.)。在17世紀,做某事 on one's own coattail 意味着“自費”。 “某個人”的權力,特別是在政治中,至少可以追溯到1848年(亞伯拉罕·林肯的一次國會演講)。短語 riding “將某人” coattails “推上政治舞臺”始於1949年。
But the gentleman from Georgia further says we [Whigs] have deserted all our principles, and taken shelter under General Taylor's military coat-tail, and he seems to think this is exceedingly degrading. Well, as his faith is, so be it unto him. But can he remember no other military coat-tail under which a certain other party have been sheltering for near a quarter of a century? Has he no acquaintance with the ample military coat-tail of General Jackson? Does he not know that his own party have run the five last presidential races under that coat-tail? And that they are now running the sixth under the same cover? Yes, sir, that coat-tail was used not only for General Jackson himself, but has been clung to, with the grip of death, by every Democratic candidate since. [Lincoln, speech in Congress, July 27, 1848]
但來自喬治亞州的紳士進一步表示,我們(輝格黨)已經背棄了我們的所有原則,並躲在泰勒將軍的軍大衣下,他似乎認爲這非常丟人。好吧,因爲他的信仰如此,所以就讓他這樣認爲吧。但他能不能記得其他一些黨派已經躲在某種軍大衣下近四分之一世紀了呢?他是否熟悉傑克遜將軍廣大的軍大衣?難道他不知道他自己的黨派在過去五次總統競選中一直藉助那件軍大衣?而現在第六次選舉他們仍在用同一件外衣包裝自己嗎?是的,先生,那件外衣不僅是傑克遜將軍本人使用的,而且自那以後,每個民主黨候選人都緊緊抓住它,生死不放。
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