| 单词 | to sweep the board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sweep the board c. to sweep the board (at cards): to take all the cards, to pocket all the stakes. Also often transferred and figurative, to carry off all the stakes or prizes; hence, to carry off all the honours. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play at cards [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics > win points or tricks rub1600 to sweep the board1680 vole1733 slam1833 make1879 sweat1907 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > all to sweep the board1882 to scoop the kitty (or pool)1916 1680 Cotton in Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards (1816) 346 He who hath five cards of a suit..sweeps the board. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) iii. 22 Spadillio first..Led off two captive Trumps, and swept the Board. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. x. 238 'Tis the sitting gamester sweeps the board. 1882 H. Smart in Li-quor Christmas Ann. ii. 7/1 We have swept the board so far [in racing]. 1884 Livestock Jrnl. 25 July 83/3 Mr. Parry Thomas swept the board in Any Variety Sheep-dogs with his Sir Guy and Welsh Boy. 1905 E. W. Hornung Thief in Night 256 The bloated Guillemard usually sweeps the board with his fancy flyers [sc. horses]. to sweep the board (or †table) to sweep the board (or †table): see board n. 5c to sweep the deck or (usually) decks: to clear the deck of a ship (as by artillery, or as a wave breaking over); also figurative.extracted from sweepv.< as lemmas |
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