靠力量站在中間的人
兩個意思共用同一個畫面，差別只在場子是舞台還是國家，力氣換成了權力。這是教學上的連結，不是歷史來源的主張。
noun · B2
A man whose act or sport is his own strength: he lifts, bends, carries or pulls very heavy things in front of an audience, in a circus or in a strength competition.
大力士
核心畫面
One way to picture this word: a man standing in the middle of a ring, and the only thing holding him there is that nobody present can move what he can move. His strength is not one of his skills — it is the whole reason he is at the centre. Keep that picture and change the ring to a country, and the word still works: he is at the centre because nobody can shift him, and everyone can see it.
可以把這個字想成：一個人站在場子正中間，他能站在那裡的唯一理由，就是在場沒有人搬得動他搬得動的東西。力氣不是他的專長…更多收起
可以把這個字想成：一個人站在場子正中間，他能站在那裡的唯一理由，就是在場沒有人搬得動他搬得動的東西。力氣不是他的專長之一，力氣就是他站在中間的全部理由。把這個畫面留著，只把場子換成一個國家，這個字照樣成立：他在中間，是因為沒有人動得了他，而且所有人都看得出來。From the word’s history
The word is strong plus -man, so its plain reading is 'the strong one'.
這個字由 strong 加 -man 組成，字面就是「力氣大的那個人」。表演的意思最貼近這個組成；政治上的用法，可以想成把同一個畫面搬到了權力上。
Wiktionary entry for strongman, etymology_text: 'From strong + -man.' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1049804359)
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