| 单词 | to have something on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have (also get) something (also anything) on (a person) c. To the discredit of; that incriminates. Chiefly in to have (also get) something (also anything) on (a person): to possess or gain discreditable or incriminating information about (a person). Also in to have (also get) nothing on (a person). ΚΠ 1916 Railway Conductor Sept. 647/2 A letter from Chief of Police McKercher..said, in substance: ‘I am sending you these two men for the work we talked about. Let me know if they do not do it satisfactorily, as I have something on them.’ 1919 Detective Story Mag. 25 Nov. 129 He gave me the slip... Maybe it's just as well since I haven't got anything on him yet. 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vii. 42 You haven't got any thing on me. 1924 A. Christie Man in Brown Suit 6 Every one of us incriminated..and not one of us has anything on him. 1929 ‘G. Daviot’ Man in Queue iii. 30 If he thinks he has anything on me..he has another guess coming. 1946 T. Jones Skinny Angel 85 Those fellows are trying to get something on someone. 1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iii. 31 Get something on the men who counted. Then you could do almost as you pleased. It was astonishing how most of the men who counted had something to hide. 1960 K. Hopkins Dead against Princ. xix. 129 ‘She is the daughter of a criminal.’.. ‘Yes. But we have nothing on her.’ 2008 S. Baatz For Thrill of It (2009) i. i. 18 The police have nothing on them and I don't see why they should be held. < as lemmas |
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