单词 | to head south |
释义 | > as lemmasto head (also go) south 3. colloquial (originally Stock Market). Downward or lower in value, price, or quality; in or into a worse condition or position. Esp. in to head (also go) south. south of: lower than, worse than. ΚΠ 1920 Elgin (Illinois) Dairy Rep. 13 Nov. Meat, grains and provisions generally, are like Douglas Fairbanks, headed south—in other words, going down. 1975 Business Week 14 Apr. 63/2 If the market is headed South..there is a point beyond which information and growth prospects are meaningless. 1986 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 July i. 6 With oil heading south of $10..the London stock market today stands less than 4 per cent below its highest ever level. 1996 N.Y. Times 6 Oct. f13 If the market turns south, Mr. Kim concedes he would sell to cut his losses. 2003 R. B. Parker Stone Cold (2004) xl. 154 But your marriage went south and you had a drinking problem. 2006 Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 10 The young Cardinal defense has looked somewhere south of awful. < as lemmas |
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