| 释义 |
big time
noun- the highest level of achievement in a field US, 1910
Originally theatrical. - “I been away.” She said, “Uh-oh. You mean you were in jail?” “Jail, shit, the big time.” — Elmore Leonard, Maximum Bob, p. 149, 1991
- They started off robbing 7/11 type stores and gas stations and later graduated to banks and the big time. — Natural Born Killers, 1994
- a long sentence to state prison US, 1939
- “What else could you be? As much big time as you pulled?” — Malcolm Braly, It’s Cold Out There, p. 40, 1966
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 33, 1971
- heroin US
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 33, 1971
- — Richard A. Spears, The Slang and Jargon of Drugs and Drink., p. 44, 1986
▶ get big time
to put on airs, to assume a “posh” accent UK, 1980
Used by a Midlands professional man, in a BBC Radio 4 programme on class distinction, 4 February 1980. |