| 单词 | to come down to cases |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (also get) down to cases P2. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to come (also get) down to cases: to get to the crux of the matter; to come to the point.With allusion to the game of faro (see sense 12). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > become specific [verb (intransitive)] > come to particulars condescendc1386 to come (also get) down to cases1896 1896 G. Ade Artie xi. 103 When it comes down to cases they're just as good as a lot of people that make a bigger front. 1902 O. V. Limerick Billy Burgundy's Opinions 58 To get right down to cases, she was a human-four-card-flush. 1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ii. 21 Comin' down to cases, you ain't really a cow-puncher. 1960 P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves in Offing ix. 95 The sort of banana oil that passes between statesmen at conferences..before they tear their whiskers off and get down to cases. 1998 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 20/2 When he gets down to cases, Ward either attacks commentators of little standing or snipes at the decontextualized ideas of more skillful writers. < as lemmas |
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