| 单词 | pour on the coal |
| 释义 | pour on the coalSpeed up, as in They keep passing us so pour on the coal, Mom! or We can get this issue of the paper out on time if we pour on the coal. This slangy expression originated in aviation in the 1930s but must have been an allusion to the coal-burning engines of trains and ships, since aircraft were never so powered. It has since been transferred to other vehicles and other endeavors. Words nearby pour on the coalpour cold water on, pour encourager les autres, pouring box, pour le mérite, pour oil on troubled waters, pour on the coal, pour out one's heart, pourparler, pourparty, pourpoint, pourriture noble 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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