| 单词 | to get into ribs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get into (also to be in) (a person's) ribs P4. to get into (also to be in) (a person's) ribs: to induce (someone) to incur an expense or loss, or to part with money; to approach (someone) for a loan, etc.Originally and chiefly in P. G. Wodehouse. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] > from someone to get into (also to be in) (a person's) ribs1923 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 23 Nov. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 30 We got into their ribs for a twelve-point rubber and the severe female staggered away a heavy loser. 1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iii. 47 Leave it to me. I will get into his ribs for you. 1951 P. G. Wodehouse Old Reliable xviii. 200 It was..the worst possible moment anyone could have selected to approach him with the idea of getting into his ribs for twenty thousand dollars. 1976 P. Larkin Let. 13 Apr. (1993) 538 Bruce has been in my ribs for a small loan—you too, a little? < as lemmas |
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