| 释义 |
bit on the sideBritish informal 1A person with whom one is unfaithful to one’s partner.It turns out, he is not simply fond of a bit on the side (another mistress emerged this week)....- What easier way to send a grudging acknowledgement of your lover/spouse / bit on the side than down the computer wire?
- I know you're in love with Michael, so I'm not asking to be your boyfriend or even your bit on the side.
2Money earned outside one’s normal job: I’d like to make a bit on the side...- Marlowe obliquely tells the tale of her life from the bright New Jersey kid who made it to Harvard to her time as a needle-popping rock journalist who earned a bit on the side as a drugs money launderer.
- He earns a bit on the side by making photoreports on the film set.
- The pocket money will not be enough to cover all living expenses, and most apprentices will therefore have to earn a bit on the side on Saturdays.
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