| 单词 | put one's oar in |
| 释义 | put one's oar inInterfere with something or insert one's opinion, as in I'll thank you not to put your oar in when we're discussing a private matter. This term, referring to helping to row a boat, was first recorded in Charles Coffey's 1731 play The Devil to Pay: “I will govern my own house without your putting in an oar.” Words nearby put one's oar input one's head on the block, put one's house in order, put one's mind to, put one's money where one's mouth is, put one's nose out of joint, put one's oar in, put one's shoulder to the wheel, Putonghua, put on hold, put on ice, put on one's thinking cap 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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