| 单词 | to fall down on the job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall down on the job c. colloquial (originally U.S.). To fail, be unsuccessful; to make a mistake. Frequently with on, esp. in to fall down on the job: to fail to carry out a task adequately. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] slip1855 to fall down1873 to fink out on1966 tube1966 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxii. 704 We'll reach Sioux City by 5 o'clock if we don't fall down... But we did ‘fall down’ just at noon, running hard aground. 1890 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 22 May Pitt has long been promising to give our Paragraph a turning over but it seems he fell down on the job. 1899 J. L. Williams Stolen Story 223 It amazed him every time a new reporter..fell down on a story. 1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 300 I felt I couldn't cope: I saw myself falling down on the responsibilities. 1961 A. Christie Pale Horse x. 112 Oh dear, I seem to have fallen down badly. I was so very sure. 1998 Daily Tel. 6 Aug. 10/2 A lot of these devices fall down at the clinical trial level. 2010 Mirror (Nexis) 26 Feb. 35 Health service bosses who fall down on the job should not be rewarded for their incompetence. < as lemmas |
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