sun

catch the sun

1 be in a sunny position.

2 become tanned or sunburnt. British

make hay while the sun shines: seehay.

place in the sun: seeplace.

someone's sun is set the time of someone's prosperity is over.

the sun is over the yardarm it is the time of day when it is permissible to drink alcohol. informal

☞ This was originally a nautical expression: a yardarm is the outer extremity of a yard, a cylindrical spar slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from. The time of day referred to is noon, rather than 6 o'clock in the evening, as is often supposed.

1992Angela LambertA Rather English Marriage Have a snifter? Sun's over the yardarm, as they say in the senior service.

under the sun on earth; in existence.

词组	sun
释义	sun catch the sun 1 be in a sunny position. 2 become tanned or sunburnt. British make hay while the sun shines: seehay. place in the sun: seeplace. someone's sun is set the time of someone's prosperity is over. the sun is over the yardarm it is the time of day when it is permissible to drink alcohol. informal ☞ This was originally a nautical expression: a yardarm is the outer extremity of a yard, a cylindrical spar slung across a ship's mast for a sail to hang from. The time of day referred to is noon, rather than 6 o'clock in the evening, as is often supposed. 1992Angela LambertA Rather English Marriage Have a snifter? Sun's over the yardarm, as they say in the senior service. under the sun on earth; in existence.
随便看	Davy Jones's locker dawn day day in, day out daylight daylight robbery daylight robbery day of reckoning day of reckoning dead dead and buried dead as a dodo dead as a dodo dead as a doornail dead as a doornail dead as a doornail (or as mutton) dead as a (or the) dodo dead as mutton dead as mutton dead as the dodo dead from the neck chin up dead from the neck (or chin) up dead from the neck up dead from the neck up dead in the water