| 词组 | at someone's beck and call |
| 释义 | Idiom at someone's beck and call Theme: OBEDIENCE ready to obey someone. (Fixed order.)What makes you think I wait around here at your beck and call? I live here too, you know!It was a fine hotel. There were dozens of maids and waiters at our beck and call. Idiom at someone's beck and callat (someone's) beck and call ready to do whatever someone asks.Imagine what it's like to have a cook and a maid at your beck and call. at (one's) beck and callCompletely compliant or obedient to another person; catering to one's every need. The phrase has a negative connotation. Do you really think I'll do anything you say? I'm not at your beck and call! A: "How can we get to the mall this weekend?" B: "Oh, my sister will take us—she's been at my beck and call ever since I caught her sneaking in past curfew!" at someone's beck and callRequired to comply with someone's requests or commands, as in The boss expects the entire staff to be at his beck and call. The noun beck, now obsolete except in this idiom, meant "a gesture or signal of command, such as a nod or hand movement," whereas call signifies "a vocal summons." Also see dance attendance on. at someone's beck and callalways having to be ready to obey someone's orders immediately.Beck in the sense of ‘a significant gesture of command’ comes from the verb beck , a shortened form of beckon . It is now found mainly in this phrase. |
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