| 单词 | on one's say-so |
| 释义 | on one's say-soAccording to one's authority, as in I'm reorganizing the files on the boss's say-so, or You can skip the exam? On whose say-so? The noun say-so, dating from about 1630, originally meant simply “saying something,” that is, an assertion (without authority or proof). By the early 1800s it had acquired its present meaning. Words nearby on one's say-soon one's mind, on one's own, on one's own account, on one's own time, on one's part, on one's say-so, on one's shoulders, on one's soapbox, on one's tail, on one's toes, on one's uppers 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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