| 单词 | to put the hard word on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the hard word on d. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. An importunate request, esp. for money. Esp. in to put the hard word on: to ask insistently for a favour or a loan; (sometimes) spec. to proposition sexually. ΚΠ 1913 Farmer & Settler (New S. Wales) 14 Nov. 3/3 Country Party men in Liverpool Plains electorate should put ‘the hard word’ on Mr. Perrett. 1934 N.Z. Herald 25 June 4/2 He seemed to experience an unusual diffidence in putting in the hard word, and so I concluded that his demands must be more than usually exorbitant. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum iv. 38 Establishing a suitable vantage point to ‘put the hard word on’ her. 1970 N.Z. Listener 21 Dec. 8/3 ‘Don't you think hitching's a little dangerous for females?’ ‘Well, some sheilas I know have had the hard word put on them.’ 1989 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Aug. (Computers section) 1 He has promised to put the hard word on Canon for me for a scanner on loan. 2010 R. Fitzgerald My Name is Ross vi. 98 One of the many reasons that we are still together is that she put the hard word on me, and not vice versa. < as lemmas |
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