| 词组 | pass the hat |
| 释义 | Idiom pass the hat Theme: MONEY to attempt to collect money for some (charitable) project.Bob is passing the hat to collect money to buy flowers for Ann.He's always passing the hat for something. Idiom pass the hat to ask a group of people to give money.Our group has tried passing the hat, and they've had auctions and done various things to raise funds. Usage notes: usually said about money that is given to help pay for something or to reward someone Etymology: based on the literal meaning of passing a hat (= asking people to put money in a hat that is handed from one person to another) pass the hat (around)To collect financial donations from people. We make very little off our CDs, so please pass the hat if you can! Everyone passed the hat around to help the Jeffersons pay for the cost of their son's treatment. pass the hat roundTo collect financial donations from people. We make very little off our CDs, so please pass the hat round if you can! Everyone passed the hat round to help the Jeffersons pay for the cost of their son's treatment. pass the hat (around) (to someone)Fig. to collect donations of money from people. (Could also be literal.) Jerry passed the hat around to all the other workers. He passed around the hat to everyone. I'll pass the hat around. pass the hatAsk for financial contributions, as in Let's pass the hat so we can get her a nice going-away gift. This expression alludes to the actual practice of passing a hat around a gathering, but it is also used more figuratively, as in The board decided to pass the hat again among the corporate sponsors. [Late 1800s] pass the hatorpass the hat aroundIf people pass the hat or pass the hat around, they collect money for someone or something. The United States is also passing the hat among rich countries to help to pay for our military effort. We should all pass the hat around for poor old Bernie and his charming wife. Note: The image here is of people using a hat to collect money in. pass the hat roundcollect contributions of money from a number of people for a specific purpose.pass the hat To take up a collection of money. pass the hat, toTo take up a collection; to ask for contributions. Presumably this term has a very literal origin: hats were and occasionally still are passed around a gathering where those present are asked to put in some money; the practice probably originated with street minstrels. In Britain it was, from the mid-nineteenth century, often put as send round the hat or go round with the hat. James Russell Lowell wrote: “Passing round the hat in Europe and America” (Among My Books, 1870). |
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