But its meaning then was a little different from its meaning now. The root of the word is the Old English modig meaning “brave” and “proud.” But the word had the connotation of foolhardy as well, which might
The term ‘fired’ is a colloquial expression for dismissing a person from employment. It became more popular as a result of the NBC reality showThe Apprenticewhere the host, American businessmanDonald Trump, eliminates contestants for a high-level management job by “firing” them successively. ...
"put into a bag, pack in a sack" for preservation or transport, hence also generally "to lay up, hoard;" c. 1300, fromsack(n.1). Related:Sacked; sacking. Thesacked friarssakked freres also from c. 1300 Entries linking to early 15c. (Chauliac), of a medicine, "inducing or promotin...
翻译成: 简体中文 (Chinese) 1660s, "willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable," fromVandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from LatinVandalus(pluralVandali), from the tribe's name for itself (Old EnglishWendlas), which is perhaps from Proto-...