shoot the works

To use or expend all of one's effort, resources, or funds. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his first film, the director really shot the works when he made the sequel. I know you want to have a good time, but don't shoot the works—you still have to pay your bills for the rest of the month.

See also: shoot, work

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shoot the works

1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money. Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works. Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab.

2. Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale.

See also: shoot, work

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

shoot the works

Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see the works.

See also: shoot, work

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

shoot the works

1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab.

2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works.

See also: shoot, work

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

shoot the works

Informal

To expend all of one's efforts or capital.

See also: shoot, work

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

shoot the works, to

To make an all-out effort. This twentieth-century Americanism uses works in the sense of “everything.” “Within an hour he hoped to shoot the works,” wrote Lawrence Treat in his 1943 mystery, O as in Omen. See also shoot one's bolt.

词组	shoot the works
释义	shoot the works shoot the works To use or expend all of one's effort, resources, or funds. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his first film, the director really shot the works when he made the sequel. I know you want to have a good time, but don't shoot the works—you still have to pay your bills for the rest of the month. See also: shoot, work Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. shoot the works 1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money. Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works. Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale. See also: shoot, work McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. shoot the works Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see the works. See also: shoot, work The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. shoot the works 1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. See also: shoot, work McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions shoot the works Informal To expend all of one's efforts or capital. See also: shoot, work American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. shoot the works, to To make an all-out effort. This twentieth-century Americanism uses works in the sense of “everything.” “Within an hour he hoped to shoot the works,” wrote Lawrence Treat in his 1943 mystery, O as in Omen. See also shoot one's bolt. See also: shoot The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: shoot the works, to better (to be) safe than sorry better safe than sorry sweat blood sweat blood, to empty the tank expend expend (something) for (something) expend for bother about
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