英语词组put one's head on the block是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

put one's head on the block (for someone or something)

Theme: RESPONSIBILITY

to take great risks for someone or something; to go to a lot of trouble or difficulty for someone or something; to attempt to gain favor for someone or something.

I don't know why I should put my head on the block for Joan. What has she ever done for me?Sally tried to get me to put in a good word about her with the boss. You know, tell the boss what a great worker she is and how smart she is. The last time I put my head on the block for anyone, it all backfired, and when the person goofed up, I looked like an idiot!

on the block

For sale, especially at an auction. After years of collecting, she had to put all her records on the block to cover the cost of her husband's debt.

on the block

1. Lit. on a city or suburban block. John is the biggest kid on the block. We had a party on the block last weekend.

2. on sale at auction; on the auction block. We couldn't afford to keep up the house, so it was put on the block to pay the taxes. That's the finest painting I've ever seen on the block.

on the block

1. put or go on the block . Offer for sale, as in These paintings will all be put on the block. This usage alludes to the auction block, the platform from which the auctioneer sells, so called since the mid-1800s.

2. put one's head on the block. Take a great risk, make oneself vulnerable, as in I'm not going to put my head on the block just to save her reputation. This usage alludes to the executioner's block, on which victims are beheaded, so called since the mid-1500s.

on the block

AMERICAN

COMMON If something is on the block, it is offered for sale, sometimes at an auction. Two Basquiat paintings were on the block on Tuesday, May 5. Note: You can also put something on the block. Last week, after months of rumors, the company officially put itself on the block. The team's money worries had forced them to put the club on the block. Note: The usual British expression is under the hammer.

on the block

for sale at auction. chiefly North American

The block in this phrase was the platform on which, in former times, a slave stood to be auctioned.

词组	put one's head on the block
释义	Idiom put one's head on the block (for someone or something) Theme: RESPONSIBILITY to take great risks for someone or something; to go to a lot of trouble or difficulty for someone or something; to attempt to gain favor for someone or something. I don't know why I should put my head on the block for Joan. What has she ever done for me?Sally tried to get me to put in a good word about her with the boss. You know, tell the boss what a great worker she is and how smart she is. The last time I put my head on the block for anyone, it all backfired, and when the person goofed up, I looked like an idiot! (redirected from put one's head on the block) on the block For sale, especially at an auction. After years of collecting, she had to put all her records on the block to cover the cost of her husband's debt. on the block 1. Lit. on a city or suburban block. John is the biggest kid on the block. We had a party on the block last weekend. 2. on sale at auction; on the auction block. We couldn't afford to keep up the house, so it was put on the block to pay the taxes. That's the finest painting I've ever seen on the block. on the block 1. put or go on the block . Offer for sale, as in These paintings will all be put on the block. This usage alludes to the auction block, the platform from which the auctioneer sells, so called since the mid-1800s. 2. put one's head on the block. Take a great risk, make oneself vulnerable, as in I'm not going to put my head on the block just to save her reputation. This usage alludes to the executioner's block, on which victims are beheaded, so called since the mid-1500s. on the block AMERICAN COMMON If something is on the block, it is offered for sale, sometimes at an auction. Two Basquiat paintings were on the block on Tuesday, May 5. Note: You can also put something on the block. Last week, after months of rumors, the company officially put itself on the block. The team's money worries had forced them to put the club on the block. Note: The usual British expression is under the hammer. on the block for sale at auction. chiefly North American The block in this phrase was the platform on which, in former times, a slave stood to be auctioned.
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