英语词汇“lock up and throw away the key”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to lock (a thing) up and throw away the key and variants: to consign (a thing) to oblivion; to abandon and forget; to confine permanently. Frequently as part of an extended metaphor.

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a1655 S. Simpson Not going to Christ viii. 73 in Two Bks. (1658) When God brings him [sc. a man] into his treasury, for him to lock it up, and to throw away the key, as it were, and to make himself rich in the things of this life... is a great sin.

1790 E. Tatham Chart & Scale Truth I. xv. 353 Aristotle locked up the temple of Knowledge and threw away the key, which, in the..veneration of his authority, was lost for many ages.

1867 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 2/2 They should shut up sectionalism in their darkest and strongest cellar and throw away the key.

1889 A. Sergeant Under False Pretences xl. 331 I have locked up my lesson books and thrown away the key.

1927 R. A. Taylor Leonardo the Florentine i. v. 51 It is as if..he had..put his secret soul in prison and thrown away the key.

2002 Mercury (Hobart) (Nexis) 27 Apr. Locking up an area of land and trees and throwing away the key is not the answer to maintaining conservation values.

b. Originally U.S. to lock (a person) up and throw away the key and variants: to commit (a person) to prison, esp. for life; to punish severely for a crime. Also simply to throw away the key.

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1908 Washington Post 21 June 4/2 In Europe they round up the masses and lock them in the corral and throw away the key.

1911 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 4/3 If Gompers is arrested on this contempt charge..it will be in the interest of organized labor—decent labor—to lock him up and throw away the key.

1949 S. Kingsley Detective Story i. 35 We're gonna get the D.A. to throw away the key.

1982 R. L. Woodson in J. A. Meyer Meeting Human Needs iv. 407 As a result of past failures to reach these youths, a consensus appears to be forming toward hard-core offenders—to ‘lock them up and throw away the key’.

1996 Times 26 Apr. 3/2 I'd say ‘Throw away the key’ if I thought he'd done it.

2003 N.Y. Mag. 17 Nov. 14/1 Enough with liberal guilt; let's just lock 'em up and throw away the key!

单词	lock up and throw away the key
释义	> as lemmas to lock (a thing) up and throw away the key a. to lock (a thing) up and throw away the key and variants: to consign (a thing) to oblivion; to abandon and forget; to confine permanently. Frequently as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ a1655 S. Simpson Not going to Christ viii. 73 in Two Bks. (1658) When God brings him [sc. a man] into his treasury, for him to lock it up, and to throw away the key, as it were, and to make himself rich in the things of this life... is a great sin. 1790 E. Tatham Chart & Scale Truth I. xv. 353 Aristotle locked up the temple of Knowledge and threw away the key, which, in the..veneration of his authority, was lost for many ages. 1867 N.Y. Times 12 Apr. 2/2 They should shut up sectionalism in their darkest and strongest cellar and throw away the key. 1889 A. Sergeant Under False Pretences xl. 331 I have locked up my lesson books and thrown away the key. 1927 R. A. Taylor Leonardo the Florentine i. v. 51 It is as if..he had..put his secret soul in prison and thrown away the key. 2002 Mercury (Hobart) (Nexis) 27 Apr. Locking up an area of land and trees and throwing away the key is not the answer to maintaining conservation values. extracted from keyn.¹adj. to lock (a person) up and throw away the key b. Originally U.S. to lock (a person) up and throw away the key and variants: to commit (a person) to prison, esp. for life; to punish severely for a crime. Also simply to throw away the key. ΚΠ 1908 Washington Post 21 June 4/2 In Europe they round up the masses and lock them in the corral and throw away the key. 1911 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 4/3 If Gompers is arrested on this contempt charge..it will be in the interest of organized labor—decent labor—to lock him up and throw away the key. 1949 S. Kingsley Detective Story i. 35 We're gonna get the D.A. to throw away the key. 1982 R. L. Woodson in J. A. Meyer Meeting Human Needs iv. 407 As a result of past failures to reach these youths, a consensus appears to be forming toward hard-core offenders—to ‘lock them up and throw away the key’. 1996 Times 26 Apr. 3/2 I'd say ‘Throw away the key’ if I thought he'd done it. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 17 Nov. 14/1 Enough with liberal guilt; let's just lock 'em up and throw away the key! extracted from keyn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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