词汇 | go west |
释义 | go west1. Of a person, to die. When I go west, I don't want any elaborate funeral services in my honor, OK? 2. Of a machine, to stop working. Can you get a new coffee pot while you're at the mall? Ours has finally gone west. go westDie, as in He declared he wasn't ready to go west just yet. This expression has been ascribed to a Native American legend that a dying man goes to meet the setting sun. However, it was first recorded in a poem of the early 1300s: "Women and many a willful man, As wind and water have gone west." go westOLD-FASHIONED1. When someone goes west, they die. When he went west, he wanted to be remembered. 2. When something goes west, it stops existing or working. His hopes of a professional singing career went west long ago. Note: The sun `goes west' when it sinks below the horizon in the west at the end of the day. The comparison between going west and dying has been used in many different languages and cultures for many centuries. For example, people sometimes associate this expression with Native Americans, who used to say that a dying person went west to meet the sinking sun. go westbe killed or lost; meet with disaster. British informalThe image here is of the sun setting in the west at the end of the day. go West in. to die. When I go West, I want flowers, hired mourners, and an enormous performance of Mozart’s “Requiem.” |
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