ialize, or go shopping. It's what many of them did right after their once-a-week bath. So the expression \"go to town\" came to mean something special, done in a big way, with lots of enthusiasm and excitement, pulling out all the stops and sparing no expense.
5. Where do we get the expression, \"dead as a doornail?\"
In the past you didn't push anything to announce yourself: you pounded(敲打). Doors back then were thick and visitors used a knocker (門環)to bang on a metal plate on the door to get attention. Doornails held this target in place. If you were popular and had a lot of callers--hopefully not all bill collectors--the doornails would take their share of abuse(濫用). Eventually they got pretty mashed(磨壞的), giving rise to the expression, \"dead as a . . .\" Well, you know.
6. Why are those computer users called \"hackers\"?
Use of the word \"hacker\"(黑客)to describe a computer programmer (程序員)comes from the sports world, where it means \"an athlete who enthusiastically pursues a sport.\" Though most people use the word in reference to programmers who wreak(發泄) technical havoc(大破壞) or gain illegal entry to computer systems, now it refers to anyone with an understanding of computers can be called hacker. \"Cracker(解密高手),\" they say, is the correct word for malicious (懷惡意的)programmers.
7. Why is a dismissed employee said to be \"sacked\"?
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In the 17th century, craftsmen and artisans(工匠) brought their own tools to work, storing them in a sack. If the boss wanted to dismiss one of these workers, he would often give him his sack. The implication being that he should put his tools in the sack and leave the shop. Today, you don't have to be an artisan or a craftsman to \"get the sack.\" Even the boss can be \"sacked.\"
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