| 单词 | on one's ace |
| 释义 | > as lemmason one's ace P3. Australian, New Zealand, and South African slang. on one's ace: on one's own. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] alonelyc1450 solitarilyc1450 lonesomely1771 lonelily1850 by (one's) lee-lone1887 by (or on) one's lonesome1899 on one's ace1903 1903 Morning Post (Cairns) 17 Nov. 5/2 With no little impatience, he said, ‘Oh! very well, girls; Walter will do it on his ace’. 1904 Truth (Sydney) 2 Oct. 3/1 As a burglar bold, Kelly works strictly on his ace, believing that comradeship in crime is dangerous. 1909 N.Z. Truth 29 May 7 Was he on his ace, drinking with the flies, or did he shout for the boys like a toff? 1934 A. Russell Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. 213 Send 'em out ‘on their ace’ and they'll probably ‘go camp’ under the first shady tree they come to. 1985 P. Slabolepszy Sat. Night at Palace 12 The oke's on his ace—we mustn't crowd him! 2002 Africa News (Nexis) 28 Mar. We've played with some of the conventions that have grown over the last 10 years in the work we've done together—the work that Andrew started on his ace. < as lemmas |
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