| 单词 | the whole issue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe whole issue b. colloquial (originally Military slang). All of something; everything, ‘the lot’. Frequently with the, esp. in the whole issue. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the whole quantity, number, or amount > the whole lot every whita1450 every stitch?a1500 the devil and all1543 prow and poop1561 Christ-cross-row1579 every snip1598 thread and thrum1600 boodle1625 hair and hoof1705 rag-tag (also rag, tag) and bob-tail1725 tutti quanti1772 lot1791 lock, stock, and barrel1824 stock and fluke1825 the whole boiling1837 box and dice1839 the whole caboodlea1848 sub-cheese1859 the whole kit and boiling (boodle, caboodle, cargo)1859 the whole jingbang1866 the whole hypothec1871 the whole ball of wax1882 the whole (entire) shoot1884 (at) every whip-stitch1888 work1899 issue1919 guntz1958 full monty1979 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 29 Issue,..3. ‘to get the whole issue of a shell’—to be struck bodily by a shell. 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 131 The issue was also used for ‘the whole lot’, e.g. ‘There's no rum tonight. The sergeant's snaffled the issue.’ 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 38 Issue, all, everything, the lot. 1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 53 Yer've buggered up ther 'ole issue. < as lemmas |
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