| 释义 |
in the baginformal 1(Of something desirable) as good as secured: the election is in the bag...- The president, in other words, probably had the 2004 election in the bag all along.
- It's as though he just wishes it would go away until the next election is in the bag.
- With the election in the bag, he may then be forced to rethink the need for tax rises.
2North American Drunk: after a long night in the pubs, he was in the bag...- Because turbulence when you're half in the bag is just as bad as turbulence when you're sober.
- No, I think that when Im that far in the bag some deeper, primeval urge takes over and I am compelled to do inappropriate things.
- The same student admitted Sweeney seemed a bit in the bag.
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