one-horse lawyer英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A lawyer who has only worked in a small town, lacking the experience and sophistication of more prominent lawyers.

— The two chatted about several matters, and then the visitor commented, "Mr. Lincoln, if anybody had told me that in a general crisis like this the people were going out to a little one-horse town to pick out a one-horse lawyer for President, I wouldn't have believed it."

词形变化

one-horse lawyers plural

词源

From the agricultural phrase one-horse meaning 'to be drawn/worked by a single horse.' This led to "one-horse" being expanded to mean anything small or contemptible.