how the sausage gets made

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英文释义

短语
  1. The unpleasant way in which a process or activity is carried on behind the scenes.
    — It is worlds away from conducting exciting operations, but it allows the officer to see "how the sausage gets made" and a stint in the post usually leads to a more desirable position.

词形变化

how the sausage is made alternative

词源

Possibly arising from 19th century witticisms unfavorably comparing lawmaking and sausage making, though common usage only appears in the late 1980s and is devoid of references to law.
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