go west
短语死, 上西天
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释义与例句
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1.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
Go west until you hit the ocean, then turn left.
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2.
Synonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down.
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3.
Synonym of die.
过时 比喻Women and mony wilsome wy,
The Irish, and the Scottish Highlanders, always describe persons lately dead as having gone west.
Does any one know the origin or meaning of the soldiers' curious phrase for death, ‘Going West’?
You'd think, to hear some people talk, That lads go West with sobs and curses, And sullen faces white as chalk... But they've been taught the way to do it... With due regard for decent taste.
Jack has ‘gone west’. He died peacefully in the loving arms of his son.
Och, your ma's gone west, dearie. You'll hear her voice no more.
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4.
To be lost, destroyed, or otherwise ruined.
过时 比喻Their parcels... went persistently ‘west’.
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5.
To move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era.
美国It reminds me of the advice that Mr. Secretary Corwin gave to a young man that was applying for a clerkship. He said, ‘Young man, go West’.
Go West, young man! Buy a good, stout farming outfit... and then go out to the far West upon Government-land.
Go west, young man. But stop before you get to California.
Go west, young man!
词源
In reference to death, originally Scottish, reaching broader usage among the soldiers of World War I. In reference to Manifest Destiny in the United States, a paraphrase of Horace Greeley's 25 Aug. 1838 advice in The New Yorker that young men should "Go to the West" if free to do so.
来源：wiktionary