drink the Kool-Aid

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别名

drink the Kool Aid

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To come under the influence of a leader, organization, or movement to the point of believing uncritically in an espoused idea or ideology.

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词源

Referring to the Peoples Temple cult movement, whose members committed mass suicide in 1978 by drinking a powdered drink mix (popularly, but erroneously, believed to be Kool-Aid) laced with cyanide.

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