| 单词 | the breaks |
| 释义 | the breaksPieces of luck, turns of events, as in No matter how well he pitches, the team always makes fielding errors—that's the breaks, I guess, or There's not much you can do if the breaks are against you. In the singular and modified forms, this term becomes good or bad or lucky break. In the plural form, only the context determines its favorable or unfavorable meaning. [Slang; early 1900s] Also see tough break. Words nearby the breaksBlack Iris, The, Bluest Eye, The, Bostonians, The, bottom drops out, the, “The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf’”, the breaks, Bridge of San Luis Rey, The, The Bronx, Brothers Karamazov, The, The buck stops here, The Buddha The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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