| 单词 | quick to the draw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquick to the draw P1. Originally U.S. quick (fast, slow, etc.) on the draw: quick (fast, slow, etc.) to draw one's firearm. Frequently figurative: quick (fast, slow, etc.) in acting or reacting. Also quick to the draw. ΚΠ 1862 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 24 Mar. To be quick on the ‘draw’, is to be able, after insulting a man by offensive epithets, to put a pistol to his head before he can double his fists, or to blow his brains out before he is able to strike. 1888 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 16 Mar. 4/4 Mexicans..have insulted the United States so often in the past few years, and have never been punished in return. Uncle Sam has the patience of Job and is awful ‘slow on the draw’. 1951 Blazing West Nov. Yuh know that Killer Barton is faster on the draw than yuh are..yuh'll jest end up as another notch on that coyote's .44! 1965 Financial Times 4 Feb. 12/3 Sir,—Observer..was too quick to the draw when he suggested that the Purchasing Officers' Association would not take kindly to Caspar Brook's Equipment Comparison. 2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Aug. a3 His standing order to the police was to be quick on the draw and shoot suspects on sight. < as lemmas |
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