| 单词 | to fill one's boots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fill one's boots British colloquial. to fill one's boots: to take full advantage of an opportunity to benefit oneself; to take as much as one wants of something. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > have the opportunity [verb (intransitive)] > take the opportunity to make hay while the sun shines1546 to take occasion by the foretopa1577 to stir one's timea1578 to fill one's boots1969 1969 J. Burmeister Hot & Copper Sky iv. 67 I'll bet you're filling your boots. 1975 Financial Times 22 Dec. 13/6 Investors must bear in mind the risk factor... If, in their view, these factors are unimportant, then the message from London brokers, to quote one, is ‘fill your boots’. 1996 Independent 10 July ii. 5/1 When times were good, insurers that underwrote the policies filled their boots with our cash. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 96 You could be opening yourself up to a whole new culinary experience. Come on, fill your boots, young'un. 2010 Field Feb. 55/2 If you have not caught big cod before, by all means fill your boots, but I guarantee that you will forget them once you have caught a big coalfish. < as lemmas |
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