单词 | on to a good thing |
释义 | > as lemmason to a good thing P3. colloquial. on to a good thing: in a job or other situation that is pleasant, profitable, or easy; in the position of having an excellent opportunity for success, prosperity, or advantage. ΚΠ 1873 A. B. Richards So very Human III. xxii. 369 ‘We're on to a good thing’ (whispering) ‘to-night, and no mistake.’ 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 100 As luck would have it, I managed to put the old man on to a good thing. 1910 Cent. Mag. July 356/2 She smiled sidelong at the door, as much as to say she had put her master on to a good thing. 1966 T. Frisby There's Girl in my Soup i. i. 20 You're on to a good thing, no complications and no cost. 1987 C. Reid Tea in China Cup ii, in Plays: One (1997) 51 Wey hey, I'm on to a good thing here. 2000 T. Pratchett Truth (2001) 3 All in all, he considered, he was onto a good thing. < as lemmas |
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