英语词汇“to have a run for one's money”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money.

(a) Horse Racing slang. To have (or get, want, etc.) a successful race from a horse one has backed, (in early use) esp. when that horse appeared likely to be scratched (scratch v. 7b).

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result)

to make shift of1504

temporize1596

manage1654

to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1839

to pull off1860

1839 Morning Post 20 May 6/4 Several individuals..had backed the horse, and..decided to have a run for their money.

1850 Era 1 Sept. 3/2 Up to this time Mildew's backers for the Handicap hoped to have a run for their money.

1852 Bell's Life in London 5 Sept. 2/3 (advt.) A first class race horse, the property of an honourable member of the Turf,..so that you may depend on a honest run for your money.

1870 Sporting Times 27 Aug. 274/1 It would appear that backers of horses do not want a run for their money, and that the ‘glorious uncertainty’ of the Turf is the real attractive feature after all.

1948 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 17/1 Backers of..Egretta, a stakes-winning filly, in the Endurance 'Cap did not get a run for their money.

2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 14 Jan. 9 Jayo was sent off the well-backed favourite in the 2m juvenile hurdle, but supporters never got a run for their money as he was pulled up lame behind.

(b) In extended use. To (want to) obtain value or satisfaction in return for one's expenditure or exertions.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > derive benefit

to be the betterOE

profit1340

getc1390

advancec1405

gain1575

benefit1623

to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1874

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 274 To have a run for one's money is also to have a good determined struggle for anything.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/1 So far the Macmillans have had what is called in some circles a good run for their money.

1905 Athenæum 1 Apr. 397 We do not get the proper run for our money, if we may put it in sporting lingo.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ix. 160 Most of them longed for run for their money... The graver possibilities of war did not intrude themselves upon their minds until long afterwards.

1955 Times 27 Aug. 6/1 Pickering said that he was going..‘simply to satisfy the people of Bloxwich. They demand a run for their money and I will give it to them.’

2007 R. Harris & P. Hutchison Amazon (Bradt Travel Guides) (ed. 3) xi. 343 If you want a run for your money, it could take three or four days of sifting through, checking and comparing tour agencies.

单词	to have a run for one's money
释义	> as lemmas to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money a. to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money. (a) Horse Racing slang. To have (or get, want, etc.) a successful race from a horse one has backed, (in early use) esp. when that horse appeared likely to be scratched (scratch v. 7b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) to make shift of1504 temporize1596 manage1654 to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1839 to pull off1860 1839 Morning Post 20 May 6/4 Several individuals..had backed the horse, and..decided to have a run for their money. 1850 Era 1 Sept. 3/2 Up to this time Mildew's backers for the Handicap hoped to have a run for their money. 1852 Bell's Life in London 5 Sept. 2/3 (advt.) A first class race horse, the property of an honourable member of the Turf,..so that you may depend on a honest run for your money. 1870 Sporting Times 27 Aug. 274/1 It would appear that backers of horses do not want a run for their money, and that the ‘glorious uncertainty’ of the Turf is the real attractive feature after all. 1948 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Nov. 17/1 Backers of..Egretta, a stakes-winning filly, in the Endurance 'Cap did not get a run for their money. 2007 Racing Post (Nexis) 14 Jan. 9 Jayo was sent off the well-backed favourite in the 2m juvenile hurdle, but supporters never got a run for their money as he was pulled up lame behind. (b) In extended use. To (want to) obtain value or satisfaction in return for one's expenditure or exertions. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial [verb (intransitive)] > derive benefit to be the betterOE profit1340 getc1390 advancec1405 gain1575 benefit1623 to have (also get, want, etc.) a run for one's money1874 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 274 To have a run for one's money is also to have a good determined struggle for anything. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/1 So far the Macmillans have had what is called in some circles a good run for their money. 1905 Athenæum 1 Apr. 397 We do not get the proper run for our money, if we may put it in sporting lingo. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin ix. 160 Most of them longed for run for their money... The graver possibilities of war did not intrude themselves upon their minds until long afterwards. 1955 Times 27 Aug. 6/1 Pickering said that he was going..‘simply to satisfy the people of Bloxwich. They demand a run for their money and I will give it to them.’ 2007 R. Harris & P. Hutchison Amazon (Bradt Travel Guides) (ed. 3) xi. 343 If you want a run for your money, it could take three or four days of sifting through, checking and comparing tour agencies. extracted from runn.² < as lemmas
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