| 词组 | on the up and up |
| 释义 | be on the up and up1. To be honest and respectable. If your behavior isn't on the up and up, no one here will trust you. 2. To be increasingly successful. I'm investing in that company because it's on the up and up these days. on the up and up1. Strictly honest, respectable, and strait-laced. Often hyphenated as "on the up-and-up." Primarily heard in US. If your behavior isn't on the up and up, no one here will trust you. Don't bother trying to bribe him—he's the only politician in this city who's on the up-and-up. 2. Becoming increasingly successful. Often hyphenated as "on the up-and-up." Investors are jumping on board after a number of financial analysts predicted that the company's stock was on the up and up. Wow, another promotion? Sarah's really on the up-and-up these days, isn't she? (strictly) on the up-and-uphonest; fair and straight. Do you think that the mayor is on the up-and-up? Yes, the mayor is strictly on the up-and-up. on the up-and-uplegitimate; open and aboveboard. Is this deal on the up-and-up? What's the catch? Everything I do is on the up-and-up. I am totally honest. on the up-and-upOpen and honest, as in Dad has always been on the up-and-up with them. The precise allusion in this term is unknown. [Colloquial; c. 1860] on the up and upAMERICANIf a person or an activity is on the up and up it is honest or legal. We'd like to know where the money came from. It may have been on the up-and-up. I'm an old man and I'm a pretty good judge of men. If you're honest and on the up and up, I'll be able to tell it. on the up and up1 steadily improving. informal 2 honest or sincere. informal, chiefly North Americanon the ˌup and ˈup(informal)1 (British English) getting better, becoming more successful, etc: Her health is on the up and up. Soon she’ll be out of hospital.Business is on the up and up. 2 (American English) honest: Before we give him the job, are you sure he’s on the up and up? on the up-and-up mod. legitimate; open and aboveboard. Everything I do is on the up-and-up. I am totally honest. on the up and upHonest, frank, and sincere; legitimate. Literally this term makes little sense; why should “higher and higher” mean open and aboveboard? One writer speculates that something that is “up” can be clearly seen. Despite unclear analogy, the term has been around since the mid-nineteenth century, mainly in America. Dashiell Hammett used it in Red Harvest (1929): “He phoned . . . to find out if the check was on the up and up.” |
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