| 单词 | to be a lock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be a lock 24. colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). An absolute certainty; a ‘sure thing’. Chiefly in to be a lock. Cf. to have (also get, keep, etc.) a lock on (something) at Phrases 11. ΚΠ 1929 Washington Post 27 Sept. 17/7 The second number, a 6-furlong sprint for maiden 2-year-olds, also looks like a lock for the Whitney establishment. 1941 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 30 Sept. 12/6 Red Grange's selections for games of Oct. 4:... Virginia over Yale. It's a lock. 1967 M. Braly On the Yard ii. 24 ‘Well, we ain't gunna have no such worry for a while anyway.’ ‘That's a lock.’ 1989 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 14 Sept. b1/1 Oakland and San Francisco are virtual locks to win their divisions. 2014 Canberra Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Feb. a20 Cate Blanchett was a lock for a best actress Oscar for Blue Jasmine. < as lemmas |
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