| 单词 | eyes down, look in |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseyes down, look in t. chiefly British. eyes down: used as an instruction (as by a bingo-caller) to look at one's card at the start of a game or session (more fully eyes down, look in); (also as n.) the start of a game or session of bingo. ΚΠ 1935 Pop. Flying Aug. 260/2 The row began : ‘Eyes down’, ‘Look in’, etc., ‘Kelly's eye’, ‘Ninety-nine’, ‘Doctor's Favourite’, ‘Top of the Bungalow’, etc. 1958 I. Ryan Black Man's Palaver iv. 69 Waiting with pencils poised for the caller's jargon to begin: ‘Eyes-down-look-in! Sixty-six -clickety-click. Legs-eleven.’ 1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 50 And into the Bingo hall I flew. Eyes down—click click—the game is on. 1969 Oxf. Mail 17 Jan. 2 (advt.) Plaza Bingo Club... Eyes Down 7.45. Doors Open 6.0 p.m. 1988 R. Billington Living Philos. vi. 134 My neighbour enjoys bingo; I enjoy Brecht; she would hate to have to watch Mother Courage, while I would find an ‘eyes-down’ session painful. 2003 P. Kay et al. Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights: Scripts 1st Ser. Episode 2. 40/2 Eyes down, look in, for your first number. < as lemmas |
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