单词 | to throw the kitchen sink at |
释义 | > as lemmasto throw the kitchen sink at b. to throw the kitchen sink at and variants: to direct all conceivable resources at (a problem, task, opponent, etc.); to throw everything at. ΚΠ 1938 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Madison) 28 May 3/3 Now go, before my miracle of self-control collapses and I start throwing the kitchen sink at you! 1993 A. M. Buitrago in M. Stocker Confronting Cancer, Constructing Change 86 The conference report recommended throwing the kitchen sink at it—massive doses of multiple chemotherapy and radiation. 2010 Time Out N.Y. 11 Nov. 112/4 Noted designer and performer Iver Findlay and Marit Sandmark throw the full kitchen sink of text-collage, multimedia provocation and dance-theater unconventionality at a live-art work. 2014 Chess Sept. 22/2 After that further disappointment, Kramnik threw the kitchen sink at Baramidze. < as lemmas |
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