| 词组 | on a roll |
| 释义 | on a roll Theme: SUCCESS mod. in the midst of a series of successes.Don't stop me now. I'm on a roll.Things are going great for Larry. He's on a roll now. Idiom on a roll 1. experiencing a period of success or good luck. They were on a roll, winning nine games in a row.With a growing economy and a dropping crime rate, the city has been on a roll. 2. talking for a period of time. My mother loved to gossip, and she had a hard time stopping once she was on a roll. Etymology: based on the idea that something which is rolling tends to continue rolling on a rollExperiencing a particularly successful period, without any setbacks or low points. Three championship titles in a row? Wow, that team is really on a roll. Jim was really on a roll last night with his jokes—we couldn't stop laughing! It takes me a while to get some ideas down, but once I get on a roll, I usually end up writing five or six pages a night. on a rollin the midst of a series of successes. Don't stop me now. I'm on a roll. Things are going great for Larry. He's on a roll now. on a rollOn a streak of success or intense activity, as in The team's scored three runs in the last inning and they're really on a roll, or Once the experiment succeeded, Tim was on a roll. This slangy term, alluding to the momentum in the act of rolling, dates from the second half of the 1900s, but roll alone has been used in this sense since the early 1800s. on a rollCOMMON If you are on a roll, you are making great progress and having a lot of success. Emerging markets, too, are on a roll. I made a name for myself and I was on a roll, I couldn't see anything going wrong. Note: You can say that someone gets on a roll. Once you get on a roll you feel as though you're unbeatable. Compare with on the crest of a wave. Note: This expression probably comes from surfing. on a rollexperiencing a prolonged spell of success or good luck. informal 1998 Oldie Western economists cottoned on to basic ‘flaws’ in the [Indonesian] economy which they hadn't noticed (or didn't want to notice) while it was on a roll. on a roll mod. in the midst of a series of successes. (see also roll.) Things are going great for Larry. He’s on a roll now. on a rollInformal Undergoing or experiencing sustained, even increasing good fortune or success: "The stock market's on a roll" (Karen Pennar). on a rollEnjoying a series of successes or a run of good luck. This expression, which alludes to successful rolling of dice, dates from the second half of the 1900s. Brian Fremantle used it in Dead Men Living (2000), “As Charlie headed south across the river . . . he thought happily that when you’re on a roll you’re on a roll, and it was one of the better feelings.” |
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