| 单词 | the balloon goes up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe balloon goes up the balloon goes up and variants: the action, excitement, or trouble starts.Perhaps originally with allusion to the release of a balloon to mark the start of an event. ΚΠ 1909 Putnam's Mag. 5 595/2 ‘You tell Alfonso..that one more break like that will give him a good swift start for Spain.’..‘In brief, Alfonso, cut out the musical extras or your balloon goes up.’ 1924 P. MacDonald Rasp xv. 210 ‘When's the magistrate's court?’.. ‘The balloon, I believe, goes up at 10 a.m.’ 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Hot Water xiii. 222 This was the moment when he must put his fortune to the test, to win or lose it all. Now or never must the balloon go up. 1943 H. Bolitho Combat Rep. xxx. 79 Suddenly the balloon went up. There were 110's and 87's all around us, and the 87's started dive-bombing a jetty. 1959 Punch 21 Oct. 322/1 The international rules of war [are] apt to be waived when the balloon goes up. 1989 R. Rohmer Red Arctic x. 74 Those are the boats they want to get down into the Atlantic Ocean in the event the balloon goes up. 1993 S. McAughtry Touch & Go xiii. 99 You know and I know why we're really here, it's to protect what we have when the balloon goes up. 2004 R. Scott in Slightly Foxed Spring 79 When he tells her he wants a divorce, the balloon goes up. < as lemmas |
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