| 单词 | hang out one's shingle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang out one's shingle to hang out one's shingle (U.S. colloquial) to put up one's sign-board or door-plate, to establish oneself in business.extracted from hangv.to hang out (or set up) one's shingle d. U.S. A small sign-board. to hang out (or set up) one's shingle, to begin to practise a profession. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > signboard > [noun] signc1400 senye1569 signboard1632 show-board1740 shingle1847 fireboard1851 1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville (Bartlett 1860) The ‘No Admittance!’ which frowned from a shingle over the door. 1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iv. 131 When a boy changes his roundabout for a coat, he is ready to ‘stick out his shingles’. 1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand i. 10 He studied law..and hung out his shingle. 1944 V. W. Brooks World of Washington Irving xvi. 308 Catlin hung out his shingle as a portrait-painter and made a little money for his next trip. 1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie i. 8 He had hung up his shingle and commenced the practice of criminal law in the lower courts. 1977 Time 22 Aug. 48/2 Any academic can set up his shingle and be a literary critic. < as lemmas |
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