| 单词 | on the block |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the block b. A place or facility for the auction of goods. Frequently in on the block: offered for sale, esp. through a bidding process.See also auction block n. 2. ΘΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place of auction > [noun] auction-house1682 vendue house1755 auction-room1767 sale-room1813 auction-mart1821 sales room1840 1858 Rep. Court of Claims: T. C. Nye vs. U.S. 60 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (1859) (35th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives C.C. Rep. 177) I We have not followed every separate horse, &c., to the auctioneer's block, or to the hands of the purchaser. 1944 Motion Picture Herald 21 Oct. 12/1 So far, during this year a total of 101 radio stations have gone on the block, many selling for 10 times their original cost. 2016 S. de Pury & W. Stadiem Auctioneer iii. 23 Next on the block were two of the world's most valuable Picassos. on the block P11. U.S. slang. on the block (also occasionally on the blocks): (working) as a prostitute.Probably as an extended use of sense 13b. However, see also sense 18a and to be on the street, to be on the streets at street n. and adj. Phrases 4b. Π 1941 Pittsburgh Courier 3 May 7/6 He was the kind of a guy who put women on the spot if he couldn't put 'em on the block. 1970 E. Bullins Theme is Blackness (1973) 170 The girls all got knocked-up and set up homes, got married, went on the block or on welfare. 2007 C. C. Robinson From Classroom to Corner 162 Young girls and older women, they was prostituting together... The youngest one was 12 years old on the block and she died, oh, about a couple of weeks after her birthday. < as lemmas |
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