a long stand

An imaginary object that someone is instructed to request from someone else, who then proceeds to leave them standing around waiting indefinitely while it is being "located." A practical joke usually played on a new member of a group or organization. A: "The other guys told me to go ask the foreman for a long stand, and he just left me waiting for nearly an hour before I finally gave up!" B: "Gosh, did you really not understand that they were pulling your leg?"

词组	a long stand
释义	a long stand a long stand An imaginary object that someone is instructed to request from someone else, who then proceeds to leave them standing around waiting indefinitely while it is being "located." A practical joke usually played on a new member of a group or organization. A: "The other guys told me to go ask the foreman for a long stand, and he just left me waiting for nearly an hour before I finally gave up!" B: "Gosh, did you really not understand that they were pulling your leg?" See also: long, stand Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: a long weight accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey accompany on a journey bring (someone or something) into contact with (someone or something) a stranger to (someone or something) be out of (one's) league be out of somebody's league be in bad with (someone) (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
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