| 词组 | thief |
| 释义 | big juice n. a big-time crook.Marty's big juice now that he's got himself a gang.So, you're the big juice around here. biter n. a thief.Some biter made off with my algebra book.Who's the biter who took my jacket? booster n. a shoplifter.The cops hauled in two boosters by noon.Gary was a part-time booster till he got into dope. cattle-rustler n. a thief who steals meat from supermarkets for resale. (Underworld.)Marty is a cattle-rustler, and she's got some stuff for sale.She's a cattle- rustler to support her habit. chiseler n. a small-time crook; a cheater. (Originally underworld. Also a rude term of address.)You dirty, two-bit chiseler! Give me my money back!Why did you trust a known chiseler like him? con man and con artist n. someone who makes a living by swindling people.Gary is a con artist, but at least he's not on the dole.He looks like a con man, but he's just a sweetie. dip n. a pickpocket. (Underworld.)Watch out for dips at the racetrack.The dip tried a snatch, but the dupe turned around at the wrong time. kiper n. a thief; someone who steals.The punk is a two-bit kiper and needs to be taught a lesson.You dirty little kiper. Give it back! klepto n. a kleptomaniac; one who steals small things obsessively.The cops thought Gert was a klepto until she showed them her receipts.The jury awarded Gert five grand for being falsely arrested as a klepto. long knife n. an assassin. (Underworld.)The boss sent one of his long knives to kill the guy.Some long knife showed up, but Marty took him out before he made his move. mug n. a thug; a goon. (Underworld.)Call off your mugs. I'll come peacefully.Bruno is just another one of the mugs from the mob. mugger n. someone, usually a male, who attacks and robs people.I clobbered the mugger with a tire iron I carry just for such occasions.The muggers have the downtown almost to themselves after dark. (rip-)off artist n. a con artist.Fred is such an off artist.Beware of the ripoff artist who runs that shop. scammer n. a swindler; a hustler.Max is a scammer if I ever saw one.There are a couple of scammers on the street corner. Watch out. take-off artist n. a thief. (Underworld.)A take-off artist known as the Cat is cleaning out closets and jewelry boxes all over town.He's not a sales agent. He's a take-off artist, pure and simple. yegg n. a tramp, thief, or safecracker. (Underworld.)The cops hauled in the usual yeggs, but they all had alibis.See if you can find that yegg we worked with on the bank job. He'll do. thief noun in horse racing, a horse that runs worst when its chances seem best US, 1976like a thief in the nightIn a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it. thief in the nightA person or thing that moves in a swift and secretive, stealthy, or surreptitious manner. The cancer spread through my lungs and into my bones like a thief in the night, giving me no chance of beating it. be (as) thick as thievesTo be very close friends. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves. there is honor among thievesEven criminals adhere to a code of conduct or certain principles, especially not to inform against one another. Often used in the negative. In the collective of pickpockets, no one dared steal from another. There is some honor among thieves. Given the chance, most criminals facing extensive jail time are more than willing to give up their associates for a more lenient sentence, disposing of the ridiculous notion that there is honor among thieves. (as) thick as thievesHaving a close, intimate friendship or alliance. Anna and Beth are together all the time these days—they're as thick as thieves. The guys who work in the warehouse are thick as thieves. They don't really socialize with anyone else in the company. it takes a thief to catch a thiefOne who is skilled at evading the law is well-trained to find or catch someone who behaves similarly. He's a bank robber, he can definitely help us catch these crooks—it takes a thief to catch a thief, you know. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.Those who commit small crimes will face the full consequences of the law, but those who commit crimes on a huge scale will go unpunished. So some guy who holds up a liquor store with a gun because his family can't afford food gets 30 years in prison, but a wealthy CEO who robs millions of people of their pensions gets a few months of community service? I tell you, little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. opportunity makes a thiefEven those who are morally upright would steal if they were able to do it without getting caught. A: "I figured out a way to collect social welfare while still working." B: "I never thought someone like you would try to rip off the system like that. Opportunity makes a thief, I guess." procrastination is the thief of timeIt is easy to waste, lose track of, and subsequently run out of time by putting off what one ought to be doing. I know you think two weeks is plenty of time to finish your essay, but you're better off getting to work on it now—procrastination is the thief of time, after all. A: "I'll start studying after I beat one more level in my video game." B: "Don't leave it too late—procrastination is the thief of time!" set a thief to catch a thiefTo employ a criminal or thief in order to understand, anticipate, and ultimately apprehend another criminal or thief. Honestly, who better to lead an investigation into tax fraud than someone who was convicted of just that? Set a thief to catch a thief, I say. We've actually begun employing prominent members of the hacking community to improve our cyber security, setting thieves to catch thieves, as it were. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.Prov. Truly expert criminals are never caught. Everyone's making such a fuss because they convicted that bank robber, but he must not have been a very dangerous criminal. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. Opportunity makes a thief.Prov. Anyone would steal, given a chance to do so without being punished. Mr. Cooper thought of himself as a moral man. But opportunity makes a thief, and with the safe unguarded he had the opportunity to steal thousands of dollars undetected. Procrastination is the thief of time.Prov. If you put off doing what you ought to do, you will end up not having enough time to do it properly. Jim: Have you started looking for a job yet? Jane: Oh, that can wait till tomorrow. Jim: Procrastination is the thief of time. Set a thief to catch a thief.Prov. The best person to catch a thief is another thief, because he or she knows how thieves think. The government set a thief to catch a thief, hiring a stockbroker convicted of fraudulent practices to entrap the stockbroker they were investigating for fraud. There is honor among thieves.Prov. Criminals do not commit crimes against each other. The gangster was loyal to his associates and did not tell their names to the police, demonstrating that there is honor among thieves. *thick as thievesCliché very close-knit; friendly; allied. (Thick = close and loyal. *Also: as ~.) Mary, Tom, and Sally are as thick as thieves. They go everywhere together. Those two families are thick as thieves. it takes one to know oneThe person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized. This classic retort to an insult dates from the early 1900s. For example, You say she's a terrible cook? It takes one to know one! For a synonym, see pot calling the kettle black. A near equivalent is the proverbial it takes a thief to catch a thief, meaning "no one is better at finding a wrongdoer than another wrongdoer." First recorded in 1665, it remains current. thick as thievesIntimate, closely allied, as in The sisters-in-law are thick as thieves. This term uses thick in the sense of "intimate," a usage that is obsolete except in this simile. [Early 1800s] thick as thievesIf two or more people are as thick as thieves, they are very friendly with each other. Jones and Cook had met at the age of ten and were as thick as thieves. Grant went to school with Maloney, the other lawyer in town. They're thick as thieves. thick as thieves(of two or more people) very close or friendly; sharing secrets. informal(there is) honour among ˈthieves(saying) used to say that even criminals have standards of behaviour that they respectit ˌtakes one to ˈknow one(informal, disapproving) you are the same kind of person as the person you are criticizing: ‘Your brother is a real idiot.’ ‘Well, it takes one to know one.’(as) thick as ˈthieves (with somebody)(informal) (of two or more people) very friendly with each other, especially in a way that makes other people suspicious: Those two are as thick as thieves — they go everywhere together. OPPOSITE: be at daggers drawnlike a ˌthief in the ˈnightsecretly or unexpectedly: In the end I left like a thief in the night, without telling anybody or saying goodbye.den of thieves, aA group of individuals or a place strongly suspected of underhanded dealings. This term appears in the Bible (Matthew 21:13) when Jesus, driving the moneychangers from the Temple, said, “My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.” Daniel Defoe used the term in Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, and by the late eighteenth century it was well known enough to be listed with other collective terms such as “House of Commons” in William Cobbett’s English Grammar in a discussion of syntax relating to pronouns. it takes one to know oneThe critic is as bad as the person being criticized. This expression, a modern version of the proverbial “set a thief to catch a thief,” and “a thief knows a thief as well as a wolf knows a wolf,” dates from the early twentieth century. thick as thievesOn intimate terms; very good friends. The use of thick for “intimate” survives mainly in this cliché, which no doubt owes its popularity to alliteration. It was already proverbial, according to Theodore E. Hook, in 1833 (The Parson’s Daughter): “She and my wife are as thick as thieves, as the proverb goes.” |
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