释义 |
begging bowlˈbegging ˌbowl noun [countable]  - As a school we did not want to be seen as constantly rolling out the begging bowl.
- But there was more to it than coming out with the begging bowl because of a particular crisis.
1used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country: Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government.2a container that a beggar holds out to people for money |