单词 | crack a joke |
释义 | crack a jokeMake a joke, say something humorous, as in You can count on Grandpa to crack a joke on every occasion. This expression uses the verb to crack in the now obsolete sense of “briskly pronounce” or “boast.” [Early 1700s] Words nearby crack a jokecrack, cracka, crack a book, crack a bottle, crackajack, crack a joke, crack a smile, crackberry, crackbrain, crackbrained, crack cocaine 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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