| 单词 | to go hat in hand to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also come) hat in hand to b. figurative with reference to seeking a favour or (esp. financial) assistance from someone in a deferential or submissive way. Chiefly in to go (also come) hat in hand to; cf. to come with cap in hand at cap n.1 4h. ΚΠ 1821 Weekly Entertainer 11 June 331/1 The day may soon come, when to thee I shall go hat in hand, to beg a boon. 1864 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 299/1 Others..had come to me with hat in hand.., to beg my permission to allow them to dramatize my novel. 1915 Sat. Evening Post 6 Feb. 17/3 Their implication that he had made a stupid blunder and their advice that he go, hat in hand, to men he hated, had irritated him. 1965 Life 17 Sept. 97/2 Afro-Asian leaders and international bankers line up, hat in hand, to ask for grants and loans. 2013 J. Spencer-Fleming Through Evil Days 156 Lyle..already had a bad taste in his mouth after having to go hat in hand to the state police for help. < as lemmas |
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