Thanks for sharing! The origin of the term is interesting too(^_

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回答: 學個習語:Take a rain check(音頻文字) 由 斕婷 於 2014-04-03 13:41:27

rain check origin

The literal sense of rain check, which is an Americanism, is first found in the 1880s in reference to a baseball game. The practice of giving a rain check to a ticketholder was formalized in 1890 in the constitution of the National League. In other words, if it rained (something the purchaser had no influence over) and the game was postponed, the ticket holder could come back for another game.

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• 謝分享rain check的起源,才知道與觀看baseball game有關呢。 -斕婷- ♀ 給 斕婷 發送悄悄話 斕婷 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 04/03/2014 postreply 17:42:46

• I was about to ask what a snow check would be, -衝浪潛水員- ♂ 給 衝浪潛水員 發送悄悄話 衝浪潛水員 的博客首頁 (108 bytes) () 04/03/2014 postreply 23:32:25

• "a snow check", you are so creative. -斕婷- ♀ 給 斕婷 發送悄悄話 斕婷 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 04/04/2014 postreply 05:42:35

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