| 单词 | on the toboggan |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the toboggan 3. U.S. and Australian colloquial. A rapid decline, a progression towards disaster. Usually in on the toboggan. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > rapid downslide1889 toboggan1889 1889 World (N.Y.) 7 Sept. 7/6 He saw yesterday's game slip through the fingers of his players, and felt himself sliding over the edge of another incipient toboggan. 1910 E. A. Walcott Open Door xii. 153 Do you remember the time I got Conny Mulnix off, when the police had him on the toboggan for the Kinsley affair? 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 223/1 One of them with twelve years' swell practice in New York till he hit the toboggan. 1947 Truth (Sydney) 6 July 64 (headline) British racing is on the toboggan. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 853 My daughter Clara's a little younger than you. For three years she's been on one hell of a toboggan. 2013 @essentialideas 27 Nov. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) [In response to Happy Thanksgiving all. Busy teaching young generation it's full meaning.] When the world's top media person cannot spell, society is on the toboggan. It's its, not it's. < as lemmas |
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