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单词 to be on the beam
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to be on the beam
c. to be on the beam, to be on the course indicated by a radio beam; hence figurative (colloquial) to be on the right track, right, sane. So to be off the beam.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > speak truly [verb (intransitive)] > be right
to have reasonc1475
to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817
hit1874
to be on the beam1941
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > mistake [phrase]
to miss the cushiona1529
to get, have, or take the (or a) wrong (or right) sow by the ear1546
to pray without one's beads1641
to have the wrong end of the stick?1793
to bark up the wrong tree1832
the boot (is) on the wrong leg or foot1834
to have another think coming1896
you have another guess coming1935
to be off the beam1941
blow1943
1941 Amer. Speech 16 238/2 Expressions disparaging a person's mental state..off his beam (airplane).
1941 Daring Detective Nov. 7/2 ‘Now we know we're on the beam,’ said Brubach. ‘Sex maniacs and drinking companions are definitely eliminated.’
1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 49 On the beam, I follow what you are saying. (R.A.F.).
1948 Observer 18 Jan. 2/3 Hugh Burden, as Barnaby, was right on the beam from the start.
1949 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanet. Soc. 8 143 Thus rocket aeroplanes might seem ‘off the beam’ of true astronautics.
1951 ‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time ix. 121 ‘He's away off the beam. Away off.’ ‘I suspected as much. Let us have the facts.’
1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom i. iv. 58 Never heard of him. You're off the beam.
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