go west
词源说明
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.
释义
动词verb
- 1Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
- 2of the sunSynonym of set: to move toward the western horizon, to go down.
- 3figuratively, datedSynonym of die.
- 4figuratively, datedTo be lost, destroyed, or otherwise ruined.
- 5USTo move to the American West, particularly (historical) during the 19th century era.