| 释义 |
bacon
noun- the police; a police officer US, 1974
From PIG - Publishers and stuff wouldn’t even know “bacon burning” was “pigs” or “cops” coming. — Beatrice Sparks (writing as ‘Anonymous’), Jay’s Journal, p. 60, 1979
- Later, bacon. — Airheads, 1994
- — Judi Sanders, Da Bomb, p. 1, 1997
- money US
- The boss catered mostly to Indians who had struck oil on the reservation, beefy cattlemen who were sure to be milked, sugar-daddies with their sable-sporting chicken dinners, and butter-and-egg men with plenty of bacon. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 84, 1946
- We’ll save your bacon for you. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 115, 1957
- the buttocks BAHAMAS
- — John A. Holm, Dictionary of Bahamian English, p. 8, 1982
▶ bring home the bacon
to succeed as a wage earner, supporting one’s family; to achieve success; to succeed in a given undertaking US, 1909
Generally thought to echo the ancient tradition in Dunmow, England, of presenting a flitch of bacon to a happily married couple but originates in the US country-fair “sport” of catching a greased pig. The phrase was popularised, if not invented, by the mother of Joe Gans, a black lightweight boxer.- Anyhow, what I’m sayin, everybody dependin on this new gig I got t’bring home the bacon[.] — Robert Gover, Here Goes Kitten, p. 53, 1964
- He is fanatical about his job. He always brings home the bacon. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 448, 1995
- He was marching to work doing his duty, bringing home the bacon. — John King, Human Punk, p. 111, 2000
▶ save bacon
to rescue someone financially UK, 1654- I’m just a kid compared to him, so it bothers him that I’ve saved his bacon more than once. — Robert Campbell, Nibbled to Death by Ducks, p. 5, 1989
- You ain’t gotta be a genius: Memphis come back to save our bacon. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
|