- chutzpah (n.)
[chutzpah 词源字典]
- also hutzpah, 1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall." from Hebrew hutspah. The classic definition is that given by Leo Rosten: "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."[chutzpah etymology, chutzpah origin, 英语词源]