| 单词 | an unfair shake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasan unfair shake i. a fair shake: a fair deal. Also, an even shake, a good shake, and opposed to, an unfair shake. U.S. slang. ΚΠ 1830 Central Watchtower & Farmer's Jrnl. (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) 22 May 1/3 Says I, any way that will be a fair shake. 1845 W. T. Thompson Chron. Pineville 34 Give Bill Sweeny a fair shake, and he can whoop blue blazes out of ye. 1847 D. P. Thompson Locke Amsden 59 Now you know, father, that wasn't a fair shake . 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxxi. 218 ‘That ain't a fair shake,’ cried the man excitedly. 1949 E. B. White Let. 20 Nov. (1976) 315 The New Yorker disagrees with practically everything Boyer believes in... Nevertheless, it has given Boyer a fair shake. 1969 L. G. Arthur in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children (1973) x. 124 What does the child receive in return:..just psychiatric screen, shiny tiled walls, and electronic listening. It doesn't seem an even shake! 1972 Time 17 Apr. 33/1 The Administration took office..expecting an unfair shake. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xix. 243 What about the natives? They're not getting such a good shake. 1980 in S. Terkel Amer. Dreams 341 I'd like to see an America where so much power was not in the hands of the few. Where everybody'd get a fair shake. < as lemmas |
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