| 单词 | read 'em and weep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasread 'em and weep P10. transitive (in imperative). colloquial (originally U.S. Gambling). read 'em and weep and variants: used to express smugness or satisfaction at triumph over one's opponents when displaying a winning hand of cards or roll of the dice. Frequently in extended use. ΚΠ 1916 Washington Post 19 Nov. 5/1 The men bending over the tables are heard to utter these..words:..‘Baby needs a new pair of shoes!’..‘Read 'em and weep!’ 1941 Los Angeles Times 12 June ii. 4/5 ‘Traffic takes lives of six’. Read 'em and weep, Hitler. If..Californians can do that with pleasure cars think what they could do with tanks. 1978 A. Baraka Motion of Hist. & Other Plays 35 Read em and weep, fellas..full house..jacks over twos. Hahahaha. 2000 Time 18 Sept. 44/2 This is the year in which dotcoms turned into dotbombs. Read your high-tech stock portfolio and weep. 2003 Evening Times (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 30 As the unlucky gambler is told when he sits beside the green baize poker table: ‘Read them and weep.’ < as lemmas |
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