| 单词 | to run up the flagpole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run (an idea, suggestion, etc.) up the flagpole l. Originally U.S. Advertising slang. to run (an idea, suggestion, etc.) up the flagpole: to try out or subject to general scrutiny, with a view to ascertaining its reception or likely success. Frequently more fully as to run (it, etc.) up the flagpole and see who salutes it (and variants). ΚΠ 1955 R. Rose 12 Angry Men i. 26 Some account exec'll say, ‘Here's an idea. Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.’ 1958 Proc. 11th Ann. Conf. Labor (N.Y. Univ.) 70 ‘Run it up the flagpole’ or ‘follow it to see what it eats’, as the advertising people say on Madison Avenue. 1988 R. Galton & A. Simpson Best of Steptoe & Son (1989) Introd. p. viii ‘OK, man,’ we said, ‘let's run it up a flagpole and see who salutes it.’ (Just to show that we were just as au courant transatlantic-wise as what he was.) 2004 D. Reichert Chasing the Devil xiv. 226 How about I just run your name up the flagpole?..I'll just talk to people in the courthouse and see what they think. < as lemmas |
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