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词组 Harvey Smith
释义 Harvey Smith
noun
a v-sign as an insulting gesture UK Following an incident on 15th August 1971 when show-jumper
Harvey Smith used the gesture at the British Jumping Derby and as a result was disqualified (a decision subsequently overturned); his spontaneous action swiftly became part of UK folklore.
  • It was no longer the “two fingers” gesture, or the “up yours”–it was now simply “The Harvey Smith”[...] Many a lady will, in future, be relieved of the necessity of making a certain unladylike gesture by simply saying instead: “A Harvey Smith to you”. — Desmond Morris, Gestures, p. 236, 1979
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