farm

Related to farm: farm boy

bet the farm

To risk everything on a venture that one thinks will be successful. Primarily heard in US. I wouldn't bet the farm on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he bet the farm on a failed business venture.

bought the farm

Died. Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? What a shame—at least he got to spend 92 years on this earth.

buy it

1. slang To believe that something is true. My brother says that his latest scheme will make millions, but I'm not buying it. I told the teacher that my dog ate my homework, and she totally bought it! At least I think she did.

2. slang To die. When Ray got back last night, he told the boss that the informant bought it and won't be a problem anymore.

See also: buy

buy the farm

slang To die. Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? What a shame—at least he got to spend 92 years on this earth.

See also: buy, farm

couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm

(Someone) is utterly incompetent or unable to arrange things successfully; (someone) can't even manage or carry out the simplest of tasks. ("Chook" is an informal term for a hen or chicken.) Primarily heard in Australia. I'm not surprised Marie's event was a disaster—she couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm! The leaders of this country couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm, let alone overhaul the entire tax code!

factory farming

An inexpensive and efficient system of farming in which animals are fed for growth and kept in small pens. Usually used in a derogatory manner to highlight the negative consequences of such a system. Can we implement a system that is more humane than factory farming?

farm out

1. To cause land to become infertile from excessive farming. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." If we plant crops here again this season, we run the risk of farming out the field.

2. To assign work to someone or something outside of the person or company of origin. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." We decided to farm this filing project out to another company because we didn't have any employees to spare for it.

3. To place one's child in someone else's care. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." Since our anniversary is this weekend, do you think we can farm the kids out to your parents?

4. To have an employee do work for someone else. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." I can't farm out my assistant, I'd be lost without her!

5. In baseball, to send a major league player to a minor league team (i.e. a "farm team"). A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." I know I haven't had a great season so far, but I never expected management to farm me out.

See also: farm, out

fat farm

A slightly derogatory term for a clinic, treatment center, or resort that is aimed at helping people lose weight. My weight ballooned after the inactivity that resulted from my surgery, so I'm heading to the fat farm this summer to try to get it back to normal.

funny farm

Derogatory slang for a psychiatric hospital or mental health facility. If I don't take a vacation soon, I'll be headed to the funny farm.

link farm

A group of websites that all link to each other, so as to increase their SEO value. Are link farms considered a form of spam?

sell the farm

To risk all of one's assents on a venture that one thinks will be hugely successful or rewarding. I wouldn't sell the farm on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he sold the farm on a foolish business venture.

you can bet the farm on (someone or something)

You can have total confidence in the ability of someone or something to succeed. He may have retired five years ago, but I still think you could bet the farm on him to win the heavyweight championship if he ever decided to put the gloves back on. If you're looking for a PC that won't let you down, then you can bet the farm on this one.

you can bet the farm that (something will happen or is the case)

You can be absolutely certain that something will happen or is the case. Typically used in relation to larger or more serious hypothetical outcomes. Well, you can bet the farm that those yahoos in Congress won't do anything to fix this problem. You can bet the farm that this announcement is little more than a PR stunt.

See also: bet, can, farm, happen, that, will

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

buy the farm

and buy it

Sl. to die; to get killed. (The farm is a burial plot.) I'll pass through this illness; I'm too young to buy the farm. He lived for a few hours after his collapse, but then he bought it.

See also: buy, farm

farm someone out

1. [for someone in control] to send someone to work for someone else. I have farmed my electrician out for a week, so your work will have to wait. We farmed out the office staff.

2. to send a child away to be cared for by someone; to send a child to boarding school. We farmed the kids out to my sister for the summer. We farmed out the kids.

See also: farm, out

farm something out

1. to deplete the fertility of land by farming too intensely. They farmed their land out through careless land management. They farmed out their land.

2. to send work to someone to be done away from one's normal place of business; to subcontract work. We farmed the assembly work out. We always farm out the actual final assembly of the finished units.

See also: farm, out

sell the farm

and bet the farm

Fig. to liquidate all one's assets in order to raise money to invest in something. It's a risky proposition. I wouldn't bet the farm on it.

You can bet the farm (on someone or something).

Rur. You can be certain of someone or something. This is a good investment. You can bet the farm on it. You can bet the farm that Joe is gonna get that job.

buy it

1. Suffer a severe reversal, as in If they can't raise the money in time, they'll buy it. [Slang; mid-1900s]

2. Be killed; die. For example, By the time we could get to the hospital, he had bought it. Originating during World War I as military slang, this term later was extended to peacetime forms of death. A later slang equivalent is buy the farm, dating from about 1950. For example, He'll soon buy the farm riding that motorcycle. According to J.E. Lighter, it alludes to training flights crashing in a farmer's field, causing the farmer to sue the government for damages sufficient to pay off the farm's mortgage. Since the pilot usually died in such a crash, he in effect bought the farm with his life.

3. Believe it; see buy something.

See also: buy

buy the farm

see under buy it.

See also: buy, farm

farm out

Assign something to an outsider; subcontract something. For example, The contractor was so busy he had to farm out two jobs to a colleague, or When their mother was hospitalized, the children had to be farmed out to the nearest relatives . This term originally referred to letting or leasing land. Today it usually refers to subcontracting work or the care of a dependent to another. In baseball it means "to assign a player to a lesser ( farm) league," as opposed to a big league. [Mid-1600s]

See also: farm, out

fat farm

A clinic or resort where people go to lose weight, as in She spends all her vacations at a fat farm but it hasn't helped so far. This is a somewhat derisive term for such an establishment. [Colloquial; 1960s]

buy the farm

AMERICAN, INFORMAL

If someone buys the farm, they die. Sometimes I believed I was cured. Maybe I wasn't going to buy the farm after all. Note: A possible explanation for this expression is that, in wartime, American Air Force pilots sometimes said that they wanted to stop flying, buy a farm or ranch, and lead a peaceful life. `Buy the farm' then came to be used when a pilot was killed in a crash.

See also: buy, farm

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

bet the farm

risk everything that you own on a bet, investment, or enterprise. North American informal

buy the farm

die. North American informal

This expression originated as US military slang, probably with the meaning that the pilot (or owner) of a crashed plane owes money to the farmer whose property or land is damaged in the crash.

See also: buy, farm

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bet the ˈfarm/ˈranch

(American English) risk everything that you have on something: It might succeed but don’t bet the farm on it. It’s a bet-the-farm situation.

buy the ˈfarm

(informal, humorous, especially American English) die: I’d like to visit India one day, before I buy the farm.This comes from the military, perhaps referring to the dream of many soldiers and pilots of buying a farm when the war was over.

See also: buy, farm

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

farm out

1. To distribute or delegate something, especially a task or responsibility: The camp counselor farmed out the cleaning tasks to the campers. We farmed the chores out to the kids.

2. Baseball To demote a major-league player to a minor-league team: The coach decided to farm the catcher out until he improved. The struggling pitcher was farmed out yesterday.

See also: farm, out

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

buy it

tv. to die. (see also buy the farm, buy the big one.) He lay there coughing for a few minutes, and then he bought it.

See also: buy

buy the farm

tv. to die; to get killed. (The farm may be a grave site. No one knows the origin.) I’m too young to buy the farm.

See also: buy, farm

funny farm

n. an insane asylum; a psychiatric hospital. He’s really weird. They’re going to send him to the funny farm.

buy it

Slang

To be killed.

See also: buy

buy the farm

Slang

To die, especially suddenly or violently.

See also: buy, farm

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

buy the farm

Die, be killed. This term dates from about 1950, and alludes to military pilots on training flights over rural areas of the United States. Occasionally a pilot would crash and damage a farmer’s land; the farmer then would sue the government for an amount large enough to pay off the mortgage. Since such a crash was nearly always fatal, the pilot was said to buy the farm with his life. An older equivalent is buy it, which since World War I has meant to be killed and also, since the 1930s, to be charged for damaging something.

See also: buy, farm

farm out, to

To assign to an outsider, to subcontract. This term, which originated in the mid-1600s, at that time meant to lease land. Its current meaning dates from the 1900s. It is gradually being replaced by outsource, with the same meaning. Thus, “The publisher can’t afford an in-house copy editor so it farms out that work to freelancers” or “When you phone your Internet provider you often get someone from India or Bangladesh; they outsource all their calls.”

fat farm

A resort or camp where overweight persons go to lose weight. Considered impolite, the term arose in the second half of the 1900s and with the growing incidence of obesity has become a cliché. The ABC television sitcom The Odd Couple had it in 1971: “If you’re not fat, it’s a health farm; if you’re fat, it’s a fat farm.”

buy the farm

Die. This phrase comes from the military: members of the armed forces were issued insurance policies. Many servicemen speculated that when they returned to civilian life, they would buy a farm back home or pay off the mortgage on one that they or their parents owned. To die was literally to retire, and so combat victims were said to have “bought the farm.” Other phrases that mean “to die” are “cash in your chips” (as if checking out of a poker game), “fall off the perch” (an expiring caged bird), and “go South” (someone now living up North returning to his or her native soil).

See also: buy, farm

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

bet the farm
bet the farm/ranch
bet the ranch
ranch
sell the farm
quid
be not the full quid
tabbacky
wacky-tabbacky
wacky-tobacky

References in classic literature

And I'll make a promise, too; that you shall both see me again before the day comes when you must leave this farm."

The Emerald City of Oz

Day after day through the long summer, Jesse Bentley drove from farm to farm up and down the valley of Wine Creek, and his grandson went with him.

DAVID HARDY OF Winesburg, Ohio, was the grand- son of Jesse Bentley, the owner of Bentley farms. When he was twelve years old he went to the old Bentley place to live.

Winesberg Ohio

I cut adrift from all that nonsense when I took this farm and got my living out of the horses.

As for what people may say, they have said it already, from my father and mother downward, in the time when I took to the horses and the farm. If they're the wise people I take them for, they won't be at the trouble of saying it all over again.

My Ladys Money

But Burns had no money; the brothers' farm had not prospered, and Jean's father, a stern old Scotsman, would have nothing to say to Robert, who was in his opinion a bad man, and a wild, unstable, penniless rimester.

He took a farm a few miles from Dumfries, and although since he had been parted from his Jean he had forgotten her time and again and made love to many another, he and she were now married, this time in good truth.

English Literature For Boys And Girls

She had had a similar attack, of a less alarming kind, on the day she arrived at the farm; and Mrs.

"The company coming, and the accident to the brindled cow, was all the news I had to take to the farm."

The Woman in White

I know his farm is in better order than any other within ten miles of us; and as for the kitchen," he added, smiling, "I don't believe there's one in the kingdom to beat it.

Adam Bede

He did a man's share at fourteen and by the time he was fifteen, he ran this whole farm. Work has gotten to be a habit with him and it's made him different from a great many people.

Often he would go a mile north only to have to wander to another end of the farm before he located them.

Dust

and I had to sew extra for punishment because she says a morgage is disgrace like stealing or smallpox and it will be all over town that we have one on our farm. Emma Jane is not morgaged nor Richard Carter nor Dr.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm

After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with an unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm; and before he knew what he was doing he had asked her to stay there with him.

Frome's long illness, they would sell the farm and saw-mill and try their luck in a large town.

Ethan Frome

词组	farm
释义	farm Related to farm: farm boy bet the farm To risk everything on a venture that one thinks will be successful. Primarily heard in US. I wouldn't bet the farm on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he bet the farm on a failed business venture. See also: bet, farm bought the farm Died. Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? What a shame—at least he got to spend 92 years on this earth. See also: bought, farm buy it 1. slang To believe that something is true. My brother says that his latest scheme will make millions, but I'm not buying it. I told the teacher that my dog ate my homework, and she totally bought it! At least I think she did. 2. slang To die. When Ray got back last night, he told the boss that the informant bought it and won't be a problem anymore. See also: buy buy the farm slang To die. Did you hear that old Walt bought the farm? What a shame—at least he got to spend 92 years on this earth. See also: buy, farm couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm (Someone) is utterly incompetent or unable to arrange things successfully; (someone) can't even manage or carry out the simplest of tasks. ("Chook" is an informal term for a hen or chicken.) Primarily heard in Australia. I'm not surprised Marie's event was a disaster—she couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm! The leaders of this country couldn't organise a chook raffle at a poultry farm, let alone overhaul the entire tax code! See also: chook, farm, organise, raffle factory farming An inexpensive and efficient system of farming in which animals are fed for growth and kept in small pens. Usually used in a derogatory manner to highlight the negative consequences of such a system. Can we implement a system that is more humane than factory farming? See also: factory, farm farm out 1. To cause land to become infertile from excessive farming. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." If we plant crops here again this season, we run the risk of farming out the field. 2. To assign work to someone or something outside of the person or company of origin. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." We decided to farm this filing project out to another company because we didn't have any employees to spare for it. 3. To place one's child in someone else's care. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." Since our anniversary is this weekend, do you think we can farm the kids out to your parents? 4. To have an employee do work for someone else. A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." I can't farm out my assistant, I'd be lost without her! 5. In baseball, to send a major league player to a minor league team (i.e. a "farm team"). A noun or pronoun can be used between "farm" and "out." I know I haven't had a great season so far, but I never expected management to farm me out. See also: farm, out fat farm A slightly derogatory term for a clinic, treatment center, or resort that is aimed at helping people lose weight. My weight ballooned after the inactivity that resulted from my surgery, so I'm heading to the fat farm this summer to try to get it back to normal. See also: farm, fat funny farm Derogatory slang for a psychiatric hospital or mental health facility. If I don't take a vacation soon, I'll be headed to the funny farm. See also: farm, funny link farm A group of websites that all link to each other, so as to increase their SEO value. Are link farms considered a form of spam? See also: farm, link sell the farm To risk all of one's assents on a venture that one thinks will be hugely successful or rewarding. I wouldn't sell the farm on that wacky invention. He's broke now because he sold the farm on a foolish business venture. See also: farm, sell you can bet the farm on (someone or something) You can have total confidence in the ability of someone or something to succeed. He may have retired five years ago, but I still think you could bet the farm on him to win the heavyweight championship if he ever decided to put the gloves back on. If you're looking for a PC that won't let you down, then you can bet the farm on this one. See also: bet, can, farm, on you can bet the farm that (something will happen or is the case) You can be absolutely certain that something will happen or is the case. Typically used in relation to larger or more serious hypothetical outcomes. Well, you can bet the farm that those yahoos in Congress won't do anything to fix this problem. You can bet the farm that this announcement is little more than a PR stunt. See also: bet, can, farm, happen, that, will Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. buy the farm and buy it Sl. to die; to get killed. (The farm is a burial plot.) I'll pass through this illness; I'm too young to buy the farm. He lived for a few hours after his collapse, but then he bought it. See also: buy, farm farm someone out 1. [for someone in control] to send someone to work for someone else. I have farmed my electrician out for a week, so your work will have to wait. We farmed out the office staff. 2. to send a child away to be cared for by someone; to send a child to boarding school. We farmed the kids out to my sister for the summer. We farmed out the kids. See also: farm, out farm something out 1. to deplete the fertility of land by farming too intensely. They farmed their land out through careless land management. They farmed out their land. 2. to send work to someone to be done away from one's normal place of business; to subcontract work. We farmed the assembly work out. We always farm out the actual final assembly of the finished units. See also: farm, out sell the farm and bet the farm Fig. to liquidate all one's assets in order to raise money to invest in something. It's a risky proposition. I wouldn't bet the farm on it. See also: farm, sell You can bet the farm (on someone or something). Rur. You can be certain of someone or something. This is a good investment. You can bet the farm on it. You can bet the farm that Joe is gonna get that job. See also: bet, can, farm McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. buy it 1. Suffer a severe reversal, as in If they can't raise the money in time, they'll buy it. [Slang; mid-1900s] 2. Be killed; die. For example, By the time we could get to the hospital, he had bought it. Originating during World War I as military slang, this term later was extended to peacetime forms of death. A later slang equivalent is buy the farm, dating from about 1950. For example, He'll soon buy the farm riding that motorcycle. According to J.E. Lighter, it alludes to training flights crashing in a farmer's field, causing the farmer to sue the government for damages sufficient to pay off the farm's mortgage. Since the pilot usually died in such a crash, he in effect bought the farm with his life. 3. Believe it; see buy something. See also: buy buy the farm see under buy it. See also: buy, farm farm out Assign something to an outsider; subcontract something. For example, The contractor was so busy he had to farm out two jobs to a colleague, or When their mother was hospitalized, the children had to be farmed out to the nearest relatives . This term originally referred to letting or leasing land. Today it usually refers to subcontracting work or the care of a dependent to another. In baseball it means "to assign a player to a lesser ( farm) league," as opposed to a big league. [Mid-1600s] See also: farm, out fat farm A clinic or resort where people go to lose weight, as in She spends all her vacations at a fat farm but it hasn't helped so far. This is a somewhat derisive term for such an establishment. [Colloquial; 1960s] See also: farm, fat The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. buy the farm AMERICAN, INFORMAL If someone buys the farm, they die. Sometimes I believed I was cured. Maybe I wasn't going to buy the farm after all. Note: A possible explanation for this expression is that, in wartime, American Air Force pilots sometimes said that they wanted to stop flying, buy a farm or ranch, and lead a peaceful life. `Buy the farm' then came to be used when a pilot was killed in a crash. See also: buy, farm Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. bet the farm risk everything that you own on a bet, investment, or enterprise. North American informal See also: bet, farm buy the farm die. North American informal This expression originated as US military slang, probably with the meaning that the pilot (or owner) of a crashed plane owes money to the farmer whose property or land is damaged in the crash. See also: buy, farm Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary bet the ˈfarm/ˈranch (American English) risk everything that you have on something: It might succeed but don’t bet the farm on it. It’s a bet-the-farm situation. See also: bet, farm, ranch buy the ˈfarm (informal, humorous, especially American English) die: I’d like to visit India one day, before I buy the farm.This comes from the military, perhaps referring to the dream of many soldiers and pilots of buying a farm when the war was over. See also: buy, farm Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary farm out v. 1. To distribute or delegate something, especially a task or responsibility: The camp counselor farmed out the cleaning tasks to the campers. We farmed the chores out to the kids. 2. Baseball To demote a major-league player to a minor-league team: The coach decided to farm the catcher out until he improved. The struggling pitcher was farmed out yesterday. See also: farm, out The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. buy it tv. to die. (see also buy the farm, buy the big one.) He lay there coughing for a few minutes, and then he bought it. See also: buy buy the farm tv. to die; to get killed. (The farm may be a grave site. No one knows the origin.) I’m too young to buy the farm. See also: buy, farm funny farm n. an insane asylum; a psychiatric hospital. He’s really weird. They’re going to send him to the funny farm. See also: farm, funny McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions buy it Slang To be killed. See also: buy buy the farm Slang To die, especially suddenly or violently. See also: buy, farm American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. buy the farm Die, be killed. This term dates from about 1950, and alludes to military pilots on training flights over rural areas of the United States. Occasionally a pilot would crash and damage a farmer’s land; the farmer then would sue the government for an amount large enough to pay off the mortgage. Since such a crash was nearly always fatal, the pilot was said to buy the farm with his life. An older equivalent is buy it, which since World War I has meant to be killed and also, since the 1930s, to be charged for damaging something. See also: buy, farm farm out, to To assign to an outsider, to subcontract. This term, which originated in the mid-1600s, at that time meant to lease land. Its current meaning dates from the 1900s. It is gradually being replaced by outsource, with the same meaning. Thus, “The publisher can’t afford an in-house copy editor so it farms out that work to freelancers” or “When you phone your Internet provider you often get someone from India or Bangladesh; they outsource all their calls.” See also: farm fat farm A resort or camp where overweight persons go to lose weight. Considered impolite, the term arose in the second half of the 1900s and with the growing incidence of obesity has become a cliché. The ABC television sitcom The Odd Couple had it in 1971: “If you’re not fat, it’s a health farm; if you’re fat, it’s a fat farm.” See also: farm, fat The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer buy the farm Die. This phrase comes from the military: members of the armed forces were issued insurance policies. Many servicemen speculated that when they returned to civilian life, they would buy a farm back home or pay off the mortgage on one that they or their parents owned. To die was literally to retire, and so combat victims were said to have “bought the farm.” Other phrases that mean “to die” are “cash in your chips” (as if checking out of a poker game), “fall off the perch” (an expiring caged bird), and “go South” (someone now living up North returning to his or her native soil). See also: buy, farm Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: bet the farm bet the farm/ranch bet the ranch ranch sell the farm quid be not the full quid tabbacky wacky-tabbacky wacky-tobacky References in classic literature And I'll make a promise, too; that you shall both see me again before the day comes when you must leave this farm." The Emerald City of Oz Day after day through the long summer, Jesse Bentley drove from farm to farm up and down the valley of Wine Creek, and his grandson went with him. DAVID HARDY OF Winesburg, Ohio, was the grand- son of Jesse Bentley, the owner of Bentley farms. When he was twelve years old he went to the old Bentley place to live. Winesberg Ohio I cut adrift from all that nonsense when I took this farm and got my living out of the horses. As for what people may say, they have said it already, from my father and mother downward, in the time when I took to the horses and the farm. If they're the wise people I take them for, they won't be at the trouble of saying it all over again. My Ladys Money But Burns had no money; the brothers' farm had not prospered, and Jean's father, a stern old Scotsman, would have nothing to say to Robert, who was in his opinion a bad man, and a wild, unstable, penniless rimester. He took a farm a few miles from Dumfries, and although since he had been parted from his Jean he had forgotten her time and again and made love to many another, he and she were now married, this time in good truth. English Literature For Boys And Girls She had had a similar attack, of a less alarming kind, on the day she arrived at the farm; and Mrs. "The company coming, and the accident to the brindled cow, was all the news I had to take to the farm." The Woman in White I know his farm is in better order than any other within ten miles of us; and as for the kitchen," he added, smiling, "I don't believe there's one in the kingdom to beat it. Adam Bede He did a man's share at fourteen and by the time he was fifteen, he ran this whole farm. Work has gotten to be a habit with him and it's made him different from a great many people. Often he would go a mile north only to have to wander to another end of the farm before he located them. Dust and I had to sew extra for punishment because she says a morgage is disgrace like stealing or smallpox and it will be all over town that we have one on our farm. Emma Jane is not morgaged nor Richard Carter nor Dr. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with an unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm; and before he knew what he was doing he had asked her to stay there with him. Frome's long illness, they would sell the farm and saw-mill and try their luck in a large town. Ethan Frome
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