| 单词 | to reach for the sky |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.) g. intransitive. Originally U.S. To raise the hands above the head, when held at gunpoint. Usually in to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] > surrender > raise hands in surrender to reach for the sky (also roof, stars, etc.)1906 1906 Aberdeen (South Dakota) Daily News 4 Sept. 8 (headline) Hold-up men compelled him to reach for the sky while they rifled his pockets. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor ii. 25 Now reach for the roof. 1927 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Dec. 6/3 I reached for the stars pronto, without even turning my head. 1931 W. James Sun Up 42 ‘Stick em up,’ I says... One of 'em flinches some but finally reaches for the sky. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 165 Jesse James said, ‘Everybody reach, and reach in the air. And put that money in the sack there.’ 1966 D. Wagoner Traveling Light 18 He felt like breaking a bank or jumping over a railing Into some panicky teller's cage to shout, ‘Reach for the ceiling!’ 2001 G. D. Gold Carter beats Devil 434 The man stepped over the corpse and walked, guns extended... Where was the excited command to reach for the sky? < as lemmas |
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