单词 | where the action is |
释义 | > as lemmaswhere the action is b. where the action is: where some noteworthy or exciting activity is taking place; where the centre of activity is. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > [phrase] where the action is1960 the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [phrase] > centre of activity where it's (he's, she's) at1903 where the action is1960 1960 Mad Sept. 20 That cat who's always looking for a party to go to, and who keeps bugging you to clue him in on where the action is. 1964 Look 15 Dec. 37/1 Nightclub proprietors, by installing record players to replace live bands and adopting the French name ‘discothèque’, have created the legend that this is where the action is. 1973 C. Sagan Cosmic Connection (1974) vii. 52 We [sc. mankind] are in the galactic boondocks, where the action isn't. 1981 ‘A. Cross’ Death in Faculty (1988) 9 Back in the 1950s seventeenth-century poetry had been where the action was. 2002 M. Crichton Prey 30 She's spending a lot of time out at the fab complex. That's where the action is now..because of the new fabrication processes. < as lemmas |
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