英语词汇“to get the right end of the stick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to get (also have) the right end of the stick and variants: to correctly understand, interpret, or respond to a fact, situation, etc.; to be correct. Also occasionally: to come off best in a bargain or contest.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)]

risec1175

to have the higher handa1225

to have the besta1393

bettera1400

vaila1400

to win or achieve a checka1400

surmount1400

prevaila1425

to have (also get) the better handa1470

to go away with it1489

to have the besta1500

to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542

to have ita1616

to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672

top1718

beat1744

to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817

to have the best of1846

to go one better1856

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > speak truly [verb (intransitive)] > be right

to have reasonc1475

to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817

to be on the beam1941

1817 Star 22 Aug. He had not, to use an old observation, taken the right end of the stick. He had attempted reformation at the top, instead of beginning at the bottom.

1838 J. B. Fraser Winter's Journey I. ii. 52 There was no help for it: I scolded, protested, and looked big; but my friend had the right end of the stick, and he kept it.

1897 W. Beatty Secretar xiii. 100 I was more convinced than ever..that I had the right end of the stick.

1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry vii. 42 Although Lewis's analysis convinces us..as being correct in detail, we are compelled to feel that Lawrence rather than Lewis had got hold of the right end of the stick.

1977 Guardian 29 Mar. 8/1 The French critics have got the right end of the stick: Providence is indeed a masterpiece.

2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 July 13 The subject of voting seems to make it particularly difficult for politicians to say what they really mean, in case the electorate might get the right end of the stick.

单词	to get the right end of the stick
释义	> as lemmas to get (also have) the right end of the stick b. to get (also have) the right end of the stick and variants: to correctly understand, interpret, or respond to a fact, situation, etc.; to be correct. Also occasionally: to come off best in a bargain or contest. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery, superiority, or advantage [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 to have the higher handa1225 to have the besta1393 bettera1400 vaila1400 to win or achieve a checka1400 surmount1400 prevaila1425 to have (also get) the better handa1470 to go away with it1489 to have the besta1500 to have (also get, etc.) the better (or worse) end of the staff1542 to have ita1616 to have (also get) the laugh on one's side1672 top1718 beat1744 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 to have the best of1846 to go one better1856 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > speak truly [verb (intransitive)] > be right to have reasonc1475 to get (also have) the right end of the stick1817 hit1874 to be on the beam1941 1817 Star 22 Aug. He had not, to use an old observation, taken the right end of the stick. He had attempted reformation at the top, instead of beginning at the bottom. 1838 J. B. Fraser Winter's Journey I. ii. 52 There was no help for it: I scolded, protested, and looked big; but my friend had the right end of the stick, and he kept it. 1897 W. Beatty Secretar xiii. 100 I was more convinced than ever..that I had the right end of the stick. 1934 C. Day Lewis Hope for Poetry vii. 42 Although Lewis's analysis convinces us..as being correct in detail, we are compelled to feel that Lawrence rather than Lewis had got hold of the right end of the stick. 1977 Guardian 29 Mar. 8/1 The French critics have got the right end of the stick: Providence is indeed a masterpiece. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 July 13 The subject of voting seems to make it particularly difficult for politicians to say what they really mean, in case the electorate might get the right end of the stick. extracted from stickn.¹ < as lemmas
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