单词 | in the frame |
释义 | > as lemmasin the frame 12. Horse Racing (chiefly British and Irish English). A board or frame at a racecourse used to display information about the runners and riders in a particular race; (now usually) spec. one used to display the race numbers of the first four horses to finish a race. Frequently in in the frame. Also to make the frame: to finish in the first four in a race. ΚΠ 1882 Observer 3 Sept. 7/1 The shrewdest readers of the market..frequently find themselves completely at fault when Mr. Clark orders the winner's number to be placed in the frame. 1895 Baily's Mag. Jan. 30/2 A month later his number went up in the frame for a race of this description at Kempton Park. 1931 Scotsman 15 June 14/2 S. Donghue's name appeared in the frame as the rider of Dart. 1969 Guardian 26 Mar. 17/6 Foggy Bell and Smoke Bellew are real outsiders who could make the frame. 1983 J. Glengarry Great Decade N.Z. Racing 97 Only once did I get my number in the frame in 72 starts,..and that was a fourth with no stake. 2008 Irish Times 18 Nov. 28/3 Boscall Hill..could make the frame despite being 6lb out of the handicap. in (also out of) the frame P2. colloquial (chiefly British and Irish English). in (also out of) the frame: under suspicion in a criminal investigation; (in extended use) under consideration for a task, occupation, etc. Also in from the frame. ΚΠ 1941 V. Davis Phenomena in Crime xix. 255 In the frame, ‘wanted’. 1974 J. McVicar McVicar ii. 186 A police officer spoke to Shay..and said, ‘McVicar's in the frame, and he'll never come out of it.’ 1982 Times 24 Mar. 10/6 The man who one Home Office source said last week was ‘the only name in the frame’ for the job of leading Britain's largest, most expensive and often most controversial police force. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues x. 328 The easy attitude towards fitting up, ‘taking a drink’ off villains to leave them out of the frame—all that has really gone. 1994 Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. He and Brian Moore are the two hookers named, Olver having dropped from the frame. 1999 Sunday People 26 Sept. 68/5 Ferguson had to shuffle his pack with Cole suspended and Keane out of the frame. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) iii. 86 The accused has a list of convictions as long as a day of fasting but is adamant that he is wrongly in the frame this time. < as lemmas |
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