hell-for-leather

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. As fast as possible; recklessly fast. not-comparable
    — He rode hell-for-leather to catch up with the stagecoach.

词形变化

hell for leather alternative

词源

An early reference is from 1888 in "The Gadsbys" by Rudyard Kipling, referring to the effect on the leather of a saddle (or perhaps a crop) of riding a horse as fast as possible.
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