| 释义 |
arm
noun- a police officer US
- — American Speech, p. 99, May 1956: “Smugglers’ argot in the southwest”
- the penis US
- — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 296, 1972
▶ get your arms around
to grasp the meaning of US- In 1984, IBM decided it needed to get its arms around education. — Development Journal, p. 34, January 1989
- “Technology that a small company could get its arms around”, leads engineer to leave steady job at Hewlett Packard to set up a new firm. — The Straights Times (Singapore), p. 30, 24 May 1999
▶ off the arm
in food and beverage servers’ argot, served without a tray US- In truth, it was once very stylish to have a sweetheart who served it “off the arm”. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 105, 1950
▶ on the arm
without charge US, 1926- You can eat at the deli. They’re good on the arm. — Peter Maas, Serpico, p. 60, 1973
- It was all bar bills and seven-course dinners on the arm. — Vincent Patrick, The Pope of Greenwich Village, p. 110, 1979
- But that’s cool, ‘cause Dave is workin’ mostly on the arm now, since at the present time I am in a financial state of insoluble. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 161, 1979
- They had a pizza that tasted even better because it was on the arm, and then drove to Hamilton House. — William J. Cavnitz, One Police Plaza, p. 238, 1984
▶ put the arm on
to pressurise with criminal intent, to extort, to blackmail, to threaten; to arrest US, 1943- Get out before I put the arm on you for interfering with an officer in the performance of his duties. — Raymond Chandler, Playback, p. 192, 1958
- “What a forked-tongued phoney you are,” I told him, “coming here and trying to put the arm on me for the Mafia. — Harry J. Anslinger, The Murderers, p. 238, 1961
▶ under the arm
no good, inferior; loathsome UK- [S]ome people go potty, but I read no matter how bad the book and some are right under the arm — Frank Norman, Bang To Rights, p. 25, 1958
▶ up the arm
in betting, odds of 11–8 UK
From the TICK-TACK— John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 61, 1991 |