| 单词 | to make the grade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the grade e. to make the grade: to reach the proper standard, to be successful. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) speed993 achievec1300 escheve?a1400 succeed1509 to turn up trumps1595 fadge1611 to nick ita1637 to hit the mark (also nail, needle, pin)1655 to get on1768 to reap, win one's laurels1819 to go a long way1859 win out1861 score1882 to make it1885 to make a ten-strike1887 to make the grade1912 to make good1914 to bring home the bacon1924 to go places1931 1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. 20 Make the grade, make the running. 1921 S. Ford Inez & Trilby May ix. 168 It's Gwendolyn that's got to do the hustling. Three days! I doubt if she can make the grade. 1922 Collier's 7 Oct. 5/1 I don't think he can make the grade. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 5 July 29/1 Can the seasonal bookshop make the grade, and under what conditions? 1932 A. Powell Venusberg xxxiii. 235 How will it feel when the Recording Angel calls your bluff for the last time? How many of us will make the grade? 1958 Listener 9 Oct. 568/3 A would-be thief who cannot make the grade. 1958 Times 24 Oct. 14/7 Word spread quickly round the village: my cottage had made the grade. < as lemmas |
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