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

British. to be on (or under) the flypaper: to be subject to the Flypaper Act (see Flypaper Act n. at Compounds), to be a criminal known to the police. rare.

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1906 Yorks Tel. & Star 17 Oct. 4/2 On his arrest the prisoner said: ‘You know me; I'm known all over London like a bad penny. I'm under the fly-paper.’ In answer to the magistrate, the detective explained that ‘under the fly-paper’ means that a man is under the Prevention of Crimes Act—the Act sticks to him for seven years.

1910 F. Martyn Burglar in Baulk 8 On the flypaper, subject to the Crimes Prevention Act.

1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 23 He gets nicked for suspect and being on the flypaper, he gets a stretch in the Ville [sc. Pentonville Prison].

单词	to be on the flypaper
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