| 释义 |
mind the shopBritish informal Have charge of something temporarily: I can’t go—I have to mind the shop here...- Cowdery brushes that aside, saying he will concentrate on scouting out new acquisitions, while Thompson minds the shop.
- You have drawn our attention to a whole raft of issues which your inspection has brought to light, and I can only conclude that minding the shop, from whatever perspective you accommodate, needs greater attention.
- What Labour fears is that contentment has bred complacency; voters perceive prosperity as the natural order of things and decide that it will continue no matter who is minding the shop.
See parent entry: mind |