| 词组 | shoot the works |
| 释义 | Idiom shoot the works Theme: COMPLETELY to do everything; to use up everything; to bet everything. (Slang.)Shall I bet half our money, or shall I shoot the works?We shot the works at the carnival—spent every cent we brought with us. Slang shoot the works Theme: SPENDING tr. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money.Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works.Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab. Theme: VOMIT tr. to empty one's stomach; to vomit.Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works.After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale. Idiom shoot the works American, informal to spend all your money or to use as much effort as possible to do something.I could shoot the works on a round the world trip. (usually + on)They shot the works on their daughter's wedding. shoot the worksTo use or expend all of one's effort, resources, or funds. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his first film, the director really shot the works when he made the sequel. I know you want to have a good time, but don't shoot the works—you still have to pay your bills for the rest of the month. shoot the works1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money. Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works. Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale. shoot the worksExpend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see the works. shoot the works1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. shoot the worksInformal To expend all of one's efforts or capital. shoot the works, toTo make an all-out effort. This twentieth-century Americanism uses works in the sense of “everything.” “Within an hour he hoped to shoot the works,” wrote Lawrence Treat in his 1943 mystery, O as in Omen. See also shoot one's bolt. |
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