| 单词 | to put one's chips on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put one's chips on c. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.) to put one's chips on: to place one's reliance on, put one's faith in. ΚΠ 1945 Decisions & Orders National Labor Relations Board (U.S.) 60 1383 Another issue printed a 2-page spread of pictures of 14 top management executives, and added: ‘Put your chips on this team when you cast your vote.’ 1959 New Scientist 11 June 1296/1 Gambling for the biggest stakes of his life up to that point—the freedom of Western Europe—General Dwight D. Eisenhower put all his chips on science fifteen years ago last Friday. 1991 J.-R. McWilliams & P. McWilliams Do It 335 It's hard to tell which of the techniques for removing physical tension is the oldest, but we'd put our chips on breathing and stretching. 2005 Smithsonian Dec. 85/1 Klein says California is putting its chips on ‘intellectual infrastructure’, the equivalent of the bridges, harbors and roads that forward-thinking states built in the last century. < as lemmas |
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