单词 | shot in the arm, a |
释义 | shot in the arm, aA stimulus or booster, something vitalizing or encouraging, as in Getting a new concertmaster was a real shot in the arm for the orchestra. This colloquial expression alludes to a stimulant given by injection. [c. 1920] Words nearby shot in the arm, aashlar line, Ashley, ashman, Ashmolean Museum, ashore, shot in the arm, a, ashpit, ashplant, Ashqelon, ashram, shrinking violet, a 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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