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单词 to go big
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to go (over) big
b. colloquial (originally U.S.). With pronounced success. Chiefly in to go (over) big.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > conspicuously
with a roar1845
to go (over) big1903
to go with a swing1976
1903 G. Ade People you Know 88 I done that with a Piece called ‘A Boiled Dinner’, and it always went big.
1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood ix. 281 These synthetic actors..are going over big with their parents.
1923 J. O'Hara Sel. Lett. (1978) 7 He made a crack to me that didn't get by so big.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxi. 231 The nosegay didn't seem to go very big. I was not feeling strong enough to pick it up, but I shoved it forward with my foot.
1950 M. Spillane Vengeance is Mine (1951) iii. 46 Your acid witticisms. They'll put me over big with the gang.
1968 B. Took & M. Feldman in B. Took & M. Coward Best of ‘Round The Horne’ (2000) 4th Ser. Programme 15. 235/1 Betty. (Sexy royalty) Now look, Cumbie, the way I see it is this. Jacobitewise we've bought a lot of grief. Bonnie Charlie's campaign is going over big.
2000 L. Wills Compl. Idiot's Guide to Sewing xix. 241 I know from experience that home-sewn goes over big on the gift-giving front.
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