| 单词 | it's all go |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit's all go c. Originally U.S. Vigorous activity or exertion. In later use esp. in it's all go. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous activity swing1570 go1848 1848 S. A. Dix Poem spoken before Boston Mercantile Libr. Assoc. 17 This ‘bolting dinners’, hurrying to and fro; Keeping up one continued, constant ‘go’;..These are the features of the times..That give to modern life its zest and tone. 1894 Proc. 39th Ann. Convent. Amer. Assoc. Passenger & Ticket Agents 182 Fourteen days was the time [of the trip] from Chicago to the return, and it was go all the time. 1913 Boston Cooking-school Mag. May 787/1 The main cause of nervous breakdowns, and many other modern ailments, is mostly due to the constant ‘go’ of the American wife and mother. 1965 New Statesman 14 May 777/1 Believe me, it's all go with these tycoons, mate. Life's just one frenetic whirl of soigné secretaries and sex-mad air 'ostesses. 1991 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Dec. It was go all the time, and then with Mikaela in hospital we only saw each other for 10 minutes a day. 2008 S. Toltz Fraction of Whole i. 27 Granite tablets had been shipped from Sydney... The shovels were standing by. It was all go! < as lemmas |
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