| 单词 | smoking gun |
| 释义 | smoking gunSEE SYNONYMS FOR smoking gun ON THESAURUS.COM nounindisputable proof or evidence of a crime. Origin of smoking gunFirst recorded in 1970–75 Words nearby smoking gunsmokestack industry, smoke tree, smokey, smoking car, smoking-concert, smoking gun, smoking jacket, smoking lamp, smoking room, smoking stand, smoko Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smoking gun
British Dictionary definitions for smoking gunsmoking gun nouna piece of irrefutable incriminating evidence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with smoking gunsmoking gun Something that serves as indisputable evidence or proof, especially of a crime. For example, There is no smoking gun in the Oval Office; the President had no role in tampering with the evidence. This expression alludes to the smoke coming from a recently discharged firearm, a normal occurrence until the invention of smokeless powder. [Mid-1900s] 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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