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can kicker

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/09/03 15:43 UTC 版)

名詞

can kicker (plural can kickers)

  1. Someone or something who is can kicking or who kicks the can down the road. I.e. someone or something who is adept at delaying things, putting off a difficult issue or decision, typically on a continual basis.

語源

Can kicking attested as an activity of idle urban youths since the late 19th century. Modern sense of "procrastinate" dates from the 1980s.

参照

  1. ^ “The City-Road Burglary”, in The Morning Post‎, number 32841, London, 1877 September 29, page 3: “He was standing at his door about 20 minutes past twelve on the night in question, when he saw a party kicking a can down the road. There were six of them. He saw one of the young fellows get over the hoarding and fall over” https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-post-kicking-the-can-down-th/24615282/
  2. ^ https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/kick-the-can-down-the-road-history-meaning
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