| 单词 | to have chips in the game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have chips in the game b. figurative and in figurative contexts (originally U.S.). An investment or interest in a business, matter, situation, etc.; esp. in to have chips in the game: to have an involvement in or be concerned with a specified matter. Cf. bargaining chip n.See also Phrases 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun] thingeOE charec897 cause1393 gleea1400 affaira1425 articlea1425 conversement1455 concernment1495 subject?1541 gear1545 concerning1604 concern1659 interest1674 lookout1795 show1797 pidgin1807 put-in1853 chip1896 thang1932 1896 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 17 Jan. 4/8 The reverend editor of the Caribou Black Diamond has a few chips in the game and occasionally plays a hand. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss 205 There was a saw-bones here,..pawin' me over for a life insurance game that I thought I'd buy chips in. 1978 Proc. Amer. Antiquarian Soc. 87 152 The chips in the game were now evenly distributed; both state and printer knew well that each needed to other. 2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 16 Britain still has chips in the game. America still values our special forces. < as lemmas |
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