| 单词 | to get the works |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get the works b. slang (chiefly U.S.). to get the works: to receive harsh or abusive treatment; spec. to be killed; (in weakened sense) to be treated badly or unfavourably. Cf. to get the business at business n. Phrases 18. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (intransitive)] > be killed to be deadc1000 fallOE spilla1300 suffera1616 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) toa1774 to lose the number of one's mess1807 to go up1825 to get his (also hers, theirs)1903 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 click1917 not to know (or to wonder) what hit one1923 to get the works1928 to go for a burton1941 (to get) the chop or chopper1945 the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > be subjected to or undergo an action > specifically of a person > something undesirable sufferc1390 reachc1429 make1453 to get the works1928 1928 Amer. Mercury Apr. 429/2 One-Lung here squealed, an' I got the works for two years—poundin' rocks wit' a sledge. 1930 Daily Express 23 May 11/3 Threatening that unless the money was produced somebody would ‘get the works’. 1952 N.Y. Times 5 July 3/8 The group that really got the works, hotel-wise, was the Texas Eisenhower delegation... They were assigned to the Moraine-on-the-Lake Hotel in Highland Park—a fast (or rather, slow) thirty miles from the convention hall. 2000 J. McDonald Gettyrama 98 He was obviously not dry behind the ears, and he really got the works. < as lemmas |
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