| 单词 | to paper the house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto paper the house 4. transitive. Theatre slang. To fill (a theatre, etc.) by giving out free tickets. Chiefly in to paper the house (house n.1 4c). Cf. paper n. 14. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [verb (transitive)] > fill with free passes paper1859 dress1896 1859 E. Fitzball Thirty-five Years Dramatic Author's Life II. 113 The second night comes, the unfailing ‘Lady of Lyons’... House well papered, but badly gilt—calls similar. 1885 Punch 31 Jan. 53/2 When on the first night of a new piece the house is badly ‘papered’, the effect is likely to be fatal. 1909 Daily Chron. 25 June 5/5 We see no wisdom in ‘papering’ this huge auditorium. At the last festival no fewer than 8,000 ‘deadheads’ formed part of the audience. 1973 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 July 9/5 Surely the theatre could..at least have ‘papered’ the house with complementary guests for the opening if the box office was looking so poorly. 1993 Guardian 2 Sept. ii. 2/5 Some Times staff fear they will be dragooned along to paper the house. < as lemmas |
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