| 单词 | to squeeze until the pips squeak |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak b. colloquial (chiefly British). to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak and variants: to exact the maximum payment which a person can afford.Originally used of reparations exacted from Germany following the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion on [verb (transitive)] ransom?a1425 to poll and pill1528 exact1534 bloodsuck?1541 extort1561 rack1576 flay1584 shave1606 wire-draw1616 punisha1626 sponge1631 squeeze1639 screwa1643 to screw up1655 bleed1680 torture1687 to screw down1725 to shake down1872 to squeeze (someone) until the pips squeak1918 to bleed white1935 rent1956 1918 Cambr. Daily News 11 Dec. 3/2 Dealing with the question of indemnities, Sir Eric said: The Germans, if this Government is returned, are going to pay every penny; they are going to be squeezed as a lemon is squeezed—until the pips squeak. 1933 Radio Times 14 Apr. 75/1 The Lloyd George Coalition Government..elected..on a programme of hanging the Kaiser, squeezing Germany until the pips squeaked. 1940 S. Spender Backward Son 64 A clarion call to the readers of the Daily Sketch to make Germany pay till the pips squeak. 1973 P. O'Donnell Silver Mistress v. 93 We run an inquiry on a client, and we don't squeeze him till the pips squeak... We just pressure him. 1996 Times 20 May 38/2 Labour pledged to squeeze property developers until the pips squeaked. < as lemmas |
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