| 单词 | at someone's beck and call |
| 释义 | at someone's beck and callRequired to comply with someone's requests or commands, as in The boss expects the entire staff to be at his beck and call. The noun beck, now obsolete except in this idiom, meant “a gesture or signal of command, such as a nod or hand movement,” whereas call signifies “a vocal summons.” Also see dance attendance on. Words nearby at someone's beck and callat sea, at second hand, at sight, at sixes and sevens, at someone's, at someone's beck and call, at someone's elbow, at someone's heels, at someone's mercy, at someone's request, at someone's service 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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