| 单词 | to lay it on the line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (or put) it on the line f. to lay (or put) it on the line: (a) to hand over money; (b) to state (something) clearly, plainly, or categorically; (c) (with direct object) to put (one's career, etc.) at risk. Also with place, and the verb to be. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > lay down money to show water1632 to post the cole1781 to come down with the money (dust, needful, etc.)1836 to lay (or put) it on the line1929 the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] > clearly or explicitly clarifyc1420 representc1443 define1535 express1600 to lay (or put) it on the line1954 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > endanger [verb (transitive)] > put at risk to put in adventurec1300 jeopardc1374 wage?a1400 adventurec1400 jeopardy1447 enhazard1562 hazard1569 venture1575 impawn1613 hazardize?a1616 to put in or to a (or the) venture1638 risk1660 compromise1696 commit1738 compromit1787 to lay (or put) it on the line1968 1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Aug. 73/1 My rent is away overdue for the shovel and broom..and I have a hard-hearted landlady... She says she will give me the wind if I do not lay something on the line at once. 1940 J. O'Hara Pal Joey 100 You fellows always put it on the line for me every pay day. 1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake i. 13 Lay it on the line. You can't take it with you... Put it on the entertainment account. 1954 J. Symons Narrowing Circle xxxvii. 188 ‘I'll see you're not the loser. You put it on the line with Jake Beverley and he'll put it on the line with you...’ ‘Let me lay it on the line then, Jake.’ 1956 E. Pound tr. Sophocles Women of Trachis 17 Put it on the line, what do you know? Get it out clearly. 1967 ‘E. E. Sumner’ Chance Encounter v. 94 I'll lay it on the line for you, if you like. Are you thinking of asking my girl to marry you? 1968 M. L. King Trumpet of Conscience ii. 40 Our lives must be placed on the line if our nation is to survive its own folly. 1968 Listener 22 Feb. 244/3 America must fight in Vietnam..because it has laid its prestige on the line. 1968 Guardian 26 July 9/7 Mayor Stokes is putting his career on the line. And the people know it—they won't let him down. 1970 Guardian 9 May 2/4 It was clear to the [American] President that his credibility was on the line with the leaders in Hanoi. 1972 New Yorker 26 Aug. 17/2 He had decided to put his artistic reputation as a talented and original director of opera on the line at the outset of his American career with an unorthodox..production of Bizet's ‘Carmen’. 1972 ‘J. Quartermain’ Rock of Diamond xxiv. 153 I'll lay it on the line, Raven. You can say yes or no. 1973 Black Panther 7 July 8/3 The situation is as bad as before the takeover and it only serves to give the Indian people more reason to put their life on the line. 1973 Black Panther 6 Oct. 3/2 Egil Krogh..put it squarely on the line: ‘Anyone who opposed us we'll destroy.’ < as lemmas |
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