英语词汇“to make one's bones”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

p. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to make one's bones: (originally) to prove oneself (typically by carrying out a killing) in order to become established or accepted as a member of a criminal organization, esp. the Mafia; (now more generally) to become established in any field; to make a name for oneself.

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1964 N. Lewis Honored Society iii. in New Yorker 22 Feb. 80/2 Di Pisa..had tried to force his way into the building racket—the preserve of the highest level of the Mafia hierarchy—'prima di aversi fatte le ossa'; that is, 'before making his bones'. (Angelo La Barbera had made his bones at the age of twenty-five, in a bloody episode straight out of the Pentateuch, killing the famous capo-mafia who had been his protector).

1969 M. Puzo Godfather iv. 94 I ‘made my bones’ when I was nineteen, the last time the Family had a war.

1981 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. xxii. 9/2 ‘A lot of them will make their bones’ by attempting to intimidate her ‘physically and emotionally’. ‘They'll make their bones,’ he said. ‘They'll make a name for themselves.’

1983 Amer. Math. Monthly 90 219 Where could a first-year graduate student in mathematics or physics begin to make his bones in this subject?

1990 N. De Mille Gold Coast iv. xxiii. 357 At the core of his organization are three hundred of what we call ‘made’ men. Men who have made their bones.

2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 24 Directors who make their bones in horror often have a tough time shaking off the ghosts of their younger, less respectful selves.

单词	to make one's bones
释义	> as lemmas to make one's bones p. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to make one's bones: (originally) to prove oneself (typically by carrying out a killing) in order to become established or accepted as a member of a criminal organization, esp. the Mafia; (now more generally) to become established in any field; to make a name for oneself. ΚΠ 1964 N. Lewis Honored Society iii. in New Yorker 22 Feb. 80/2 Di Pisa..had tried to force his way into the building racket—the preserve of the highest level of the Mafia hierarchy—'prima di aversi fatte le ossa'; that is, 'before making his bones'. (Angelo La Barbera had made his bones at the age of twenty-five, in a bloody episode straight out of the Pentateuch, killing the famous capo-mafia who had been his protector). 1969 M. Puzo Godfather iv. 94 I ‘made my bones’ when I was nineteen, the last time the Family had a war. 1981 N.Y. Times 22 Mar. xxii. 9/2 ‘A lot of them will make their bones’ by attempting to intimidate her ‘physically and emotionally’. ‘They'll make their bones,’ he said. ‘They'll make a name for themselves.’ 1983 Amer. Math. Monthly 90 219 Where could a first-year graduate student in mathematics or physics begin to make his bones in this subject? 1990 N. De Mille Gold Coast iv. xxiii. 357 At the core of his organization are three hundred of what we call ‘made’ men. Men who have made their bones. 2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 24 Directors who make their bones in horror often have a tough time shaking off the ghosts of their younger, less respectful selves. extracted from bonen.¹ < as lemmas
随便看	have one's boon have one's bread buttered for life have one's bread buttered on both sides have one's cake and eat it have one's cap set have one's charter have one's choice have one's collar felt have one's days have one's ear to the ground have one's ears flapping have one's ears on have one's ears to the ground have one's eye after have one's eye in have one's eye on have one's eye on the ball have one's eye on the prize have one's eye one's merchant have one's eye to the prize have one's eye upon have one's eye well in have one's eyeball on have one's eyes in have one's eyes on the prize

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