| 单词 | the business |
| 释义 | the businessSEE SYNONYMS FOR the business ON THESAURUS.COM Verbal abuse, scolding, or teasing; also, a beating. For example, At boarding school new kids always get the business, or The boxer faked and then gave his opponent the business. [Slang; c. 1940] A harsh interrogation, as in The detectives gave each suspect the business. [Slang; c. 1940] Dismissal from work or jilting, as in Once the new management takes over I'm sure to get the business, or Dorothy gave him the business and married someone else. [Slang; c. 1940] Words nearby the businessBridge of San Luis Rey, The, The Bronx, Brothers Karamazov, The, The buck stops here, The Buddha, the business, The business of America is business, theca, theca-cell tumor, theca cordis, theca folliculi The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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