| 词组 | put something to bed |
| 释义 | Idiom put something to bed Theme: COMPLETION to complete work on something and send it on to the next step in production, especially in publishing.This edition is finished. Let's put it to bed.Finish the editing of this book and put it to bed. Idiom put something to bedput (something) to bed 1. to finish dealing with something. This is an opportunity for us to put some of these problems to bed. 2. to get a newspaper, magazine, or book ready to be printed. You put the paper to bed and you're proud of it, but the next morning you find the world has changed while it's been printed. 3. to clean a garden after the plants have died. It takes about two weeks to put the garden to bed. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of put someone to bed (= to help someone get ready to lie down in bed and sleep) put (someone or something) to bed1. To help someone, typically a child, prepare for and get into bed at night. I'll give you a call after I put the kids to bed. Tom had a bit too much to drink, so I'm going to put him to bed. 2. To complete something or some initial preparatory phase. I thought you'd put the proofreading for that edition to bed weeks ago! We should be able to put this project to bed next week. 3. To stop discussing, thinking about, or focusing on something. OK, I think we have to agree to disagree. Let's just put the issue to bed and stop arguing. Why are you still being so jealous? I thought we'd put this all to bed ages ago. put something to bedIf you put a plan or task to bed, you achieve it or complete it successfully. Before putting the agreement to bed, we still had to satisfy Fran Murray. Note: On an old-style printing press, the bed is the flat part that holds the type. If journalists talk about putting a newspaper or magazine to bed, they are talking about making the final changes before printing. |
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