英语词汇“on the up-and-up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. Colloquial phrase on the up-and-up.

a. Honest(ly), straightforward(ly), ‘on the level’. Originally and chiefly U.S.

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1863 Humboldt Reg. (Unionville, Nevada) 4 July 2/1 Now that would be business, on the dead up-and-up.

1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest vii. 71 He phoned the old man's residence to find out if the check was on the up-and-up.

1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water i. 20 I kept telling her the whole thing had been strictly on the up-and-up, but she wouldn't listen.

1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iii. 65 They've got to be on the up-and-up, see?

1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird xiii. 200 Thus I ended..on the up-and-up. I had restored some honesty to..a thoroughly shady enterprise.

b. Steadily rising, improving, or increasing; prospering, successful.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > rising in prosperity, power, or rank

on the up-and-up1930

1930 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 6/1 From now on, we are led to believe, law and order will be on the up and up, as the current phrase is.

1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead xiii. 265 He certainly wasn't on the up-and-up when I knew him. He was picking up a living doing odd jobs for any firm that would use him.

1959 Encounter Oct. 25/2 Private travel is on the up and up.

1971 Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 10 (heading) Drainage work on the up and up. Drainage work completed in England and Wales during the coming year is likely to reach an all-time high.

单词	on the up-and-up
释义	> as lemmas on the up-and-up 4. Colloquial phrase on the up-and-up. a. Honest(ly), straightforward(ly), ‘on the level’. Originally and chiefly U.S. ΚΠ 1863 Humboldt Reg. (Unionville, Nevada) 4 July 2/1 Now that would be business, on the dead up-and-up. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest vii. 71 He phoned the old man's residence to find out if the check was on the up-and-up. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water i. 20 I kept telling her the whole thing had been strictly on the up-and-up, but she wouldn't listen. 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke iii. 65 They've got to be on the up-and-up, see? 1974 P. De Vries Glory of Hummingbird xiii. 200 Thus I ended..on the up-and-up. I had restored some honesty to..a thoroughly shady enterprise. b. Steadily rising, improving, or increasing; prospering, successful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advancing or progressing [phrase] > rising in prosperity, power, or rank on the up-and-up1930 1930 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 6/1 From now on, we are led to believe, law and order will be on the up and up, as the current phrase is. 1937 G. Heyer They found him Dead xiii. 265 He certainly wasn't on the up-and-up when I knew him. He was picking up a living doing odd jobs for any firm that would use him. 1959 Encounter Oct. 25/2 Private travel is on the up and up. 1971 Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 10 (heading) Drainage work on the up and up. Drainage work completed in England and Wales during the coming year is likely to reach an all-time high. extracted from upn. < as lemmas
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