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词组 mind the store
释义
Idiom
mind the store
Theme: CONTROL
to take care of local matters. (Informal.)
Please stay here in the office and mind the store while I go to the conference.I had to stay home and mind the store when Ann went to Boston.
Idiom
mind the store
American to be responsible for dealing with arrangements at work or at home while the person who is usually responsible is not there.
So who's going to be minding the store while your manager's away?
idiommind the store AmEAmEto give attention to a problem and do something to solve it:Everybody assumes somebody else is minding the store, but in the end nobody's really paying any attention to environmental problems.If the city's going to avoid bankruptcy or disaster, it has to start minding the store.

mind the store

To monitor a particular place or situation, usually while someone is away. Will you mind the store while I'm in this meeting?

mind the store

 and watch the store
Fig. to take care of local matters. Please stay here in the office and mind the store while I go to the conference. I had to stay home and watch the store when Ann went to Boston.

mind the store

Attend to local or family matters, as in Ask Dad for permission; he's minding the store while Mom's away. This expression transfers looking after an actual business to more general activities. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

mind the store, to

To take charge in someone’s absence. This phrase, dating from about 1920, originally meant literally taking over the business of a store when the owner was temporarily away. Later it was expanded to more general usage, as in “She’s on sabbatical leave this semester, so Professor Jones is minding the store.”
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