| 单词 | on the green |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the green 13. Theatre. [Apparently short for rhyming slang greengage n. 2.] The stage, esp. in on the green. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [adverb] > on stage on-stage1927 on the green1937 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 352/1 Green, stage: theatrical. 1940 Notes & Queries 29 June 462/2 ‘On the Green’ is perfectly good rhyming slang for ‘On the Greengage’ = on the stage. As such, it is familiar to every touring actor, stage-door keeper and stage-hand of over forty, and is in constant use to-day. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Dec. 742/1 If a modern producer asks his stage-manager to summon down a man from the flies, we might well hear the cry: ‘Bill, come down on the green a minute.’ 1987 Daily Tel. 1 May 12/4 The old managers used to lay a green-baize cloth on the stage for performances, hence the saying, which I recall in use by the older generation of players when I was an absolute beginner, of seeing you ‘on the green’. < as lemmas |
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