词组 | get the lead out |
释义 | ☞ This expression originated as mid-20th-century jazz slang, meaning 'play at a brisk speed'. A fuller version is get the lead out of your pants. Renowned for its weight, the metal lead appears in a number of expressions as a metaphor for inertness or heaviness (see, for example, go down like a lead balloon below and swing the lead atswing). |
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