fixer-upper的词源

英文词源

fixer (n.)

1849, of chemicals, etc.; 1885 as a person who "makes things right;" agent noun from fix (v.). Fixer-upper is from 1967 as "that which repairs other things" (in an advertisement for a glue); by 1976 as a real-estate euphemism for "property that needs a lot of work."

中文词源

fixer-upper：待修廉价房

来自fix-up, 固定，装修。用来指待修廉价房。比较comeuppance.

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