| 单词 | to be for it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be for it (g) Originally British Military slang. to be for it: (originally) to be due for punishment; (subsequently) to be in for trouble. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > be in for punishment to be for it1909 1909 Captain Apr. 14/2 He'll give the whole show away?.. Then, I suppose, we'll all be for it. 1915 War Illustr. 21 Aug. 22/1 Then it is that he realises so acutely that if anything happens to his pilot he is ‘for it’, as the current flying phrase has it. 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘On the peg’, to be charged with a ‘crime’. ‘You'll be for it’, the sergeant's threat of ‘the peg’. 1926 Punch 28 Apr. 466/1 Major Atlee..declared that if the discipline of a unit broke down it was the officer in charge who should be ‘for it’. 1940 War Illustr. 5 Jan. 567/1 If a bomb comes, one is ‘for it’. 2017 K. Steven 2020 10 But if you crossed him you were for it. He had a flash of temper that took you by surprise. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。