on the qui vive

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On the alert, vigilant, as in The police have been warned to be on the qui vive for terrorists. This expression, containing the French words for “[long] live who?” originated as a sentinel's challenge to determine a person's political sympathies. The answer expected of allies was something like vive le roi (“long live the king”). It was taken over into English with its revised meaning in the early 1700s, the first recorded use being in 1726.

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on the outs, on the part of, on the point of, on the prowl, on the Q.T., on the qui vive, on the rack, on the rebound, on the receiving end, on-the-record, on the right foot, get off

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释义	on the qui vive SEE SYNONYMS FOR on the qui vive ON THESAURUS.COM On the alert, vigilant, as in The police have been warned to be on the qui vive for terrorists. This expression, containing the French words for “[long] live who?” originated as a sentinel's challenge to determine a person's political sympathies. The answer expected of allies was something like vive le roi (“long live the king”). It was taken over into English with its revised meaning in the early 1700s, the first recorded use being in 1726. Words nearby on the qui vive on the outs, on the part of, on the point of, on the prowl, on the Q.T., on the qui vive, on the rack, on the rebound, on the receiving end, on-the-record, on the right foot, get off The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to on the qui vive watchful, observant, aware, interested, conscientious, vigilant, impatient, suspicious, strained, restless, fearful, nervous, insecure, shaky, apprehensive, precarious, edgy, anxious, afraid, tense
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