| 单词 | to be upon ways and means |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be upon ways and means †to be upon ways and means: to be trying to raise money. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 60 Should they at Westminster, as they easily may, make all those English that have put in their Shares into the Scots Stock pay quadruple Taxes to the War, which they are upon Ways and Means to support. 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 52 People that are upon ways and means, must not be nice. 1794 J. Adams Let. 10 May (1841) II. 159 The House is upon ways and means, which will take us the rest of the month, I fear. < as lemmas |
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