| 单词 | to pin the rap on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pin (also hang, tie) the rap on d. to pin (also hang, tie) the rap on: to charge with a crime; (also more generally) to blame.Frequently with the implication that evidence is circumstantial or unsound. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)] > showing incontrovertible evidence fit1611 to pin (also hang, tie) the rap on1921 1921 Chicago Tribune 3 Jan. 2/1 He did everything he could to get out of it, even to trying to hang the rap on me. 1932 ‘Spindrift’ Yankee Slang 58 Pin the rap on him and make it ‘stick’. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It xxvi. 245 How do I know the fuzz aren't waiting back here to tie on a rap for Aiding and Abetting? 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Service with Smile vi. 99 Keep saying ‘Is zat so?’..confident that she can never pin the rap on you. 2000 M. Sears & W. Sears Breastfeeding Bk. 77/2 Mothers have been known to go to great lengths to pin the rap for their baby's fussiness on certain foods. 2002 K. H. Page Body in Bonfire (2003) 203 Great. The kind of thing kids say all the time in anger. And this is enough to hang a murder rap on the boy? < as lemmas |
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