| 单词 | to put one's money where one's mouth is |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put (also get) one's money where one's mouth is (m) Originally North American. to put (also get) one's money where one's mouth is: to produce, bet, or pay out money to support one's statements or opinions; to do something that demonstrates one's assertion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > furnish evidence [phrase] seea1393 to have (something, nothing, etc.) to say for oneself1533 to put (also get) one's money where one's mouth is1913 1913 N.-Y. Tribune 24 Aug. 4/6 The Texas Senator..challenged him to produce his figures... ‘Put your money where your mouth is,’ retorted Senator Sheppard. 1921 Jonesboro (Arkansas) Daily Tribune 26 Apr. 2 (advt.) Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!.. Here's a chance for you to do something. Forty Dollars will Take One Pupil Through High School Next Year. 1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 87 ‘Put your money where your mouth is!’ he challenged. 1951 Amer. Speech 26 99/1 Get your money where your mouth is, a phrase [in poker] which means, ‘put up or shut up’. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 7/3 Eventually it got to the point when he suggested that maybe I was the guy who should take it on. Sort of put your money where your mouth is. 1994 R. Gunesekera Reef (1998) 150 ‘Banker, banker, let's have the chips.’ ‘Money first. Put your money where your mouth is.’ < as lemmas |
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