| 单词 | the ghost walks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe ghost walks P3. Originally Theatre slang. the ghost walks and variants: salaries are paid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > be in funds the ghost walks1831 1831 Atlas 29 May 358/3 On Saturday the actors at Drury Lane were struck with horror to find that no ‘ghost walked’; that is, that the treasury was shut. 1833 R. Dyer Nine Years Actor's Life 53 If I played with applause, it was a matter of indifference whether ‘the ghost’ walked on Saturday or not. 1883 Referee 24 June 3/2 An Actor's Benevolent Fund box placed on the treasurer's desk every day when the ghost walks would get many an odd shilling or sixpence put into it. 1952 Rushville (Indiana) Republican 1 Aug. 6/2 There is always one day when no one on the office staff calls in sick. That is the day the ghost walks—payday. 1999 L. Feuer in P. Franssen & T. Hoenselaars Author as Char. 168 [He] murmurs ‘The ghost walks’ in anticipation of payday at the Evening Telegraph. < as lemmas |
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