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单词 on it
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d. on it: (a) U.S. slang, ready for, or skilled in, something; (b) English regional (with preceding adverb or adjective), in a particular (usually distressing) condition or situation.
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1862 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Bk. 96 ‘Do you bleeve in..the immaculateness of the Mormin Church and the Latter-day Revelashuns?’ Sez I, ‘I'm on it!’
1865 Harper's Mag. May 694/1 She's tolerable peert—the old 'oman is. Oh, she's on it, you bet.
1880 A. A. Hayes New Colorado (1881) v. 77 You bet he could cook. He was just on it.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) 886 He's sorely on it yit, 'cause his wife's runn'd awaay fra him.
1922 P. MacGill Lanty Hanlon 62 ‘The sickness that was on me at the time was that terrible,’ she continued... ‘But you're well on it now, Oonah, good woman?’ Lanty asked.
1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 96 He looked pretty crook on it.
1995 Mojo Feb. 43/1 It's very easy to forget the time when he was really on it; rockin'; a genuine teenage star.
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g. Consuming (alcoholic drink) in large quantities or to excess. on it (Australian colloquial): drinking heavily.on the booze: see booze n. 2b. on the bottle: see bottle n.3 Phrases 8b. on the piss: see piss n. 2.
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1938 E. Lowe Salute to Freedom 38 He knew how drink affected Brand, and he muttered to his wife, ‘He's on it proper to day mother.’
1951 E. Lambert Twenty Thousand Thieves ix. 140 ‘They reckon Groggy's on it again,’ observed Tommy.
1976 Daily Mirror 18 Mar. 9/3 Watch that daily tipple, ladies. You could end up on the bottle.
1996 M. Burgess Junk (1997) xxiii. 208 He'd been on the beer by the look of him.
2000 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 2 Apr. 14/7 (caption) [The model] is back on the sauce.
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