单词 | meter is running, the |
释义 | meter is running, theCosts or other consequences are accumulating, as in We'd better come to a decision soon, for the meter is running. This metaphoric expression alludes to the fare mounting up on a taxi meter. [Late 1900s] Words nearby meter is running, thetheme park, Merchant of Venice, The, Merry Wives of Windsor, The, theme song, Metamorphosis, The, meter is running, the, The Mikado, milk of human kindness, the, Mill on the Floss, The, Miracle of St. Mark, The, Themis 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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