organ grinder

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔːɡən ˌɡɹaɪndə/    美 /ˈɔɹɡən ˌɡɹaɪndəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The player of a barrel organ.
    — There is one beautiful sight in the East End, and only one, and it is the children dancing in the street when the organ-grinder goes his round.
  2. The person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions. figuratively
    — I want to speak to the organ grinder, not the monkey.

词形变化

organ grinders plural organ-grinder alternative

词源

From the repetitive grinding involved in playing a barrel organ. In figurative senses, from the common 19th-century practice of training monkeys to dance to an organ grinder's music in order to perform on the street and solicit donations and spare change.
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