| 单词 | to put the pot on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the pot on P10. Australian and New Zealand slang. to put a person's pot on (also to put the pot on a person): to inform or tell tales against a person; to destroy a person's prospects. Also occasionally to put the pot on. Cf. pot v.4 8. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > cause to fail bringc1175 abort?1548 foil1548 ruin1593 to throw out1821 to put a person's pot on1864 mucker1869 collapse1883 to fix (someone's) wagon1951 1864 Bell's Life in Sydney 4 June 2/6 The police are..severely censured..for ‘neglect of duty’, and they, in turn, ‘put the pot on’ magistrates for the mischievous leniency they show. 1899 Truth (Sydney) 24 Sept. 7/1 P. M. Caswell ‘Puts the Pot on’ the In Camera process. 1908 ‘G. Seagram’ Bushmen All 18 ‘You fool,’ rejoined Dick pleasantly. ‘That temper of yours will hang you yet. As it is, you've put the pot on fairly well.’ 1935 F. D. Davison & B. Nicholls Blue Coast Caravan 178 He saw some blacks..standing on the platform under guard of a policeman. ‘Hullo, what's up?’ One of them replied, ‘Aw, somebody's been putting our pot on.’ 1957 V. Palmer Seedtime 119 There's an election coming on, and there's a chance I'll be dumped... This afternoon's work has probably put my pot on. 1985 B. Mitcalfe Hey Hey Hey 121 The cheek of them! I didn't ‘put their pot on’. to put the pot on 9. transitive. To stake or bet (a sum of money); to place (a bet). Originally in to put on the pot (also to put the pot on): (slang) to stake a large amount (cf. pot n.1 11a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Pot ‘I shall put on the pot at the July meeting’, signifies that the speaker will bet very high (at races), or up to thousands... Lord Abingdon once declared ‘I will put on the pot to-day’, and he did so with a vengeance. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiv. 250 Altamont put the pot on at the Derby, and won a good bit of money. 1890 Standard 21 July 4/4 The Defendant ‘put on’ for her 10l. upon Oberon for the Lincolnshire Handicap. 1910 J. Frankau Let Roof fall In i. 13 The little group who had been watching the race through their field-glasses shut them up with a cheery word or two. For nobody had ‘put the pot on’ for the Tally Ho, and it is always amusing when a fine rider like Jim gets thrown. 1953 Landfall 7 250 Put on a quid for me, for a place—I've got the hoot. 1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 17 When the bet's put on, you would think the whole thing would be over and done with when the result comes in, wouldn't you? 2006 Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 24 July 10 At first, I'd just put on £100,..but then it started creeping up into the thousands. < as lemmas |
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