| 单词 | to pick up the bill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.) i. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To pay (a bill, account, etc.), esp. one which others might have been expected to share or take responsibility for; esp. in to pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] > pay expenses to pay the piper1681 to stand the racket1789 to stand shot1821 to stand Sam1823 to pick up the bill (also check, tab, etc.)1914 1914 G. Ade Ade's Fables 25 The usual Battle as to which should pick up the Check and the same old Compromise. A Dutch Treat with Waitress trying to spread it four ways. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 1/4 A Washington ‘lobbyist’ who, he was informed, picked up the $75,000 check which paid for the festivities. 1966 ‘M. Brewer’ Man against Fear vii. 77 Tonight we pick up her bill. 1978 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 6/5 Ratepayers would have to pick up the bill if important jobs were transferred from the county councils to some of the larger districts. 2001 High Plains Jrnl. 16 Apr. b24/2 US farmers cannot be expected to pick up the tab for a wrongheaded shortsighted US biotech policy. < as lemmas |
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