| 单词 | to bring to the hammer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bring (also send, put up) to the hammer e. A small hammer or mallet used by auctioneers to indicate by a rap the sale of an article. Hence in phrases, as to bring (also send, put up) to the hammer, to sell by auction; to go (also come) to (or under) the hammer, to be sold by auction.A similar hammer is used by a chairman to call a meeting to order. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > small hammer, gavel, etc. silence1556 hammer1717 society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > sell by public sale [verb (transitive)] > sell by auction > offer for sale by auction to set upc1535 to put up1678 to bring (also send, put up) to the hammer1828 society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > hold a sale [verb (intransitive)] > be sold by auction go?a1425 to pass under the spear1600 go (also come) to (or under) the hammer1842 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 571 When my dear volumes touch the hammer. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 291 Oft as the price-deciding hammer falls. 1828 Marly: Life of Planter 181 These girls were brought to the hammer to pay their father's debts, being held to be part of his moveable property. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 45 His books..Came to the hammer here in March. 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. x. 145 He threatened to foreclose, and sell the house under the hammer. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 128 If you like it, keep it; if not, send it to the hammer. < as lemmas |
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