单词 | to bring down the gallery |
释义 | > as lemmasto bring down the gallery 6. to bring down the house, to bring down the gallery, etc.: to evoke such demonstrative applause as threatens or suggests the downfall of the building. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (intransitive)] > receive great applause to bring down the gallery1754 to give (also get, etc.) a big (also good, etc.) hand1886 1754 World II. No. 76. 125 His apprehension that your statues will bring the house down. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 384 Every sentence brought down the house, as I never saw one brought down before. 1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors x. §x. 403 The interview..must have brought down the gallery. < as lemmas |
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