单词 | to go into the woodshed |
释义 | > as lemmasto go into the woodshed b. Music slang (originally U.S.). As the type of a place where a musician may play or practise in private. Frequently in to go into the woodshed and variants: to begin a period of intensive rehearsal or composition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > private practice place woodshed1920 1920 Musical Messenger June 12/3 One will do humanity and music a greater turn by taking his old, bent-up cornet..and ‘hitting’ the woodshed for about four hours a day and putting in some real practice. 1946 Hollywood Note June 4 T.D. [i.e. Tommy Dorsey] goes back to the woodshed. 1977 Rolling Stone 16 June 66/2 Leavell's playing won't scare many jazz pianists into the woodshed. 2015 Ararat (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 27 Jan. 4 After their third summer of coast-to-coast festivals in North America, and a whirlwind tour of Scandinavia, the band went back in the woodshed writing new music. < as lemmas |
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