| 单词 | to be a runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a runner P3. British colloquial. to be a runner: to have a good chance of being accepted, working, etc. (frequently in negative contexts). Cf. that horse won't run at run v. Phrases 1d. ΚΠ 1957 Times 2 Aug. 6/6 Mr. Macmillan roundly denounced this [sc. a proposed inquiry] as ‘a compromise by malice out of innuendo’. As far as he was concerned it was ‘not a runner’. 1980 Economist (Nexis) 22 Nov. 80 A cabinet committee..this week admitted that neither of its new constitutional proposals was a runner. 1996 M. Clapp & E. Southby-Tailyour Amphibious Assault Falklands vii. 217 Goose Green, as a suggested additional FOB [= Forward Operating Base], was not a runner, as the provision of fuel would have been impossible from a ship. 2005 W. Wall This is Country 157 I'm thinking of starting a racing club down the clinic. Formula One Cripples. How's that for a title? Foc for short. It's a runner, all right, I say. < as lemmas |
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