| 单词 | on the never-never |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the never-never a. Originally: a system for indefinitely deferring payment of the full cost of something. Now: spec. the hire-purchase system. Esp. in on the never-never: (obtained) on such a basis; on credit. Cf. earlier on the never at never n. 2. ΚΠ 1891 Truth (Sydney) 29 Mar. 7/5 I must explain that getting in on the nod is the same as on the ‘never never’, ‘Freeman's key’, ‘the ready’. 1893 F. W. L. Adams Australians 95 We don't let our theatrical critics go into the theatres on the never-never... We pay for their places. 1939 ‘N. Shute’ What happened to Corbetts? viii. 261 We could have the radiogram... Even if we had to put it on the Never-Never. 1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. iv. 38 Buy it on the never-never, if you like, paying for it bit by bit out of the food money. 1984 D. Lessing Diaries of Jane Somers ii. 323 She was paying for the dress on the never-never in a dress shop in Wardour Street. 2000 Diva May 36/1 The 18-year-old clerk..is one of several thousand British consumers who are encouraged on a daily basis to live life on the never-never. < as lemmas |
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