| 单词 | to hurry up the cakes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hurry up the (also one's) cakes U.S. colloquial. to hurry up the (also one's) cakes and variants: to do something quickly, to get a move on. Frequently in imperative. Now rare and somewhat dated.Apparently from a cry attributed to impatient waiters: see quot. 1859. ΚΠ 1844 Logansport (Indiana) Tel. 24 Aug. The lawyer on his client dine, And patience him forsakes, Unless, with money in your fist You ‘Hurry up the cakes’. 1859 Athenæum 30 July 139/1 Hurry up the Cakes, i.e. Be quick; look alive. This phrase..originated in the common New York eating-houses, where it is the custom for the waiters to bawl out the name of each dish as fast as ordered. 1912 L. Arundel Motor Boat Boys on Great Lakes xxi. 198 What d'ye stand there gaping for? Can't you see I'm in danger of drowning? Hurry up your cakes, you sillies! 2009 @ramgarden 16 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 26 May 2020) I agree with @naturalkinks. Please hurry and start building these cars! Hurry up the cakes! < as lemmas |
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