英语词组hand over fist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

hand over fist

Theme: COMMERCE

[for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly.

What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist.They were buying things hand over fist.

Slang

hand over fist

Theme: EARN

mod. repeatedly and energetically, especially as with taking in money in a great volume.

We were taking in fees hand over fist, and the people were lined up for blocks.The money came in hand over fist at the B.O.

hand over fist

At a brisk pace or rate. This doll is so popular that the manufacturer is making money hand over fist.

hand over fist

Fig. [for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly. What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist. They were buying things hand over fist.

hand over fist

Rapidly, at a tremendous rate, as in He's making money hand over fist. This expression is derived from the nautical hand over hand, describing how a sailor climbed a rope. [First half of 1800s]

hand over fist

If you are making or losing money hand over fist, you are making or losing a lot of money very quickly. AAC's speciality channels were making money hand over fist. The companies had no skills and almost all were losing money hand over fist. Note: This expression comes from the image of a sailor moving his hands steadily one over the other while pulling in a rope or raising a sail.

hand over fist

mod. repeatedly and energetically, especially as with taking in money in a great volume. We were taking in fees hand over fist, and the people were lined up for blocks.

hand over fist

At a tremendous rate: made money hand over fist.

hand over fist

Moving quickly. This term comes from sailing and began life as hand over hand, which is how sailors climbed a rope. In nineteenth-century America it was changed to hand over fist and was transferred to any enterprise in which rapid, easy progress is being made. Thus Seba Smith wrote, “They clawed the money off of his table hand over fist” (Major Downing, 1833).

hand over fist

Continuously. A sailor hauls in lines (“ropes” to you, landlubbers) not by jerky interrupted pulls, but in a smooth hand-over-hand motion. That's the image applied to people who make money hand over fist, which is how the phrase is most always used.

词组	hand over fist
释义	Idiom hand over fist Theme: COMMERCE [for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly. What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist.They were buying things hand over fist. Slang hand over fist Theme: EARN mod. repeatedly and energetically, especially as with taking in money in a great volume. We were taking in fees hand over fist, and the people were lined up for blocks.The money came in hand over fist at the B.O. Idiom hand over fist if you make or lose money hand over fist, you make or lose large amounts of it very quickly. Business was good and we were making money hand over fist. hand over fist adverb very quickly, especially applied to making or losing money UK, 1888 hand over fist At a brisk pace or rate. This doll is so popular that the manufacturer is making money hand over fist. hand over fist Fig. [for money and merchandise to be exchanged] very rapidly. What a busy day. We took in money hand over fist. They were buying things hand over fist. hand over fist Rapidly, at a tremendous rate, as in He's making money hand over fist. This expression is derived from the nautical hand over hand, describing how a sailor climbed a rope. [First half of 1800s] hand over fist If you are making or losing money hand over fist, you are making or losing a lot of money very quickly. AAC's speciality channels were making money hand over fist. The companies had no skills and almost all were losing money hand over fist. Note: This expression comes from the image of a sailor moving his hands steadily one over the other while pulling in a rope or raising a sail. hand over fist mod. repeatedly and energetically, especially as with taking in money in a great volume. We were taking in fees hand over fist, and the people were lined up for blocks. hand over fist At a tremendous rate: made money hand over fist. hand over fist Moving quickly. This term comes from sailing and began life as hand over hand, which is how sailors climbed a rope. In nineteenth-century America it was changed to hand over fist and was transferred to any enterprise in which rapid, easy progress is being made. Thus Seba Smith wrote, “They clawed the money off of his table hand over fist” (Major Downing, 1833). hand over fist Continuously. A sailor hauls in lines (“ropes” to you, landlubbers) not by jerky interrupted pulls, but in a smooth hand-over-hand motion. That's the image applied to people who make money hand over fist, which is how the phrase is most always used.
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