real McCoy

短语

可靠人物, 纯威士忌酒

发音

AU

词形变化

the real McCoy

别名

real McKoy real Macoy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.

    过时 习语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

real thing

上位词 3

authenticity legitimacy genuineness

词源

Corruption of Scots the real MacKay, this latter attested in 1856 as “A drappie o’ the real MacKay” (A drop of the real MacKay). How “MacKay” became “McCoy” is unclear; first attested in the form “McCoy” in the US in 1908. The term is the subject of many folk etymologies, discussed at the Wikipedia entry.

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