| 单词 | fall on |
| 释义 | fall onSEE SYNONYMS FOR fall on ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, preposition)Also: fall upon to attack or snatch (an army, booty, etc) fall flat on one's face to fail, esp in a ridiculous or humiliating manner fall on one's feet to emerge unexpectedly well from a difficult situation Words nearby fall onfall line, falloff, fall off the wagon, Fall of Man, Fall of Rome, fall on, fall on deaf ears, fall on one's face, fall on one's feet, fallopian, fallopian tube Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with fall onfall on Also, fall upon. Attack suddenly and viciously, as in They fell on the guards and overpowered them. [c. 1400] Meet with, encounter, as in They fell on hard times. [Late 1500s] Find by chance, discover, as in We fell upon the idea last Saturday night. [Mid-1600s] Be the responsibility or duty of someone, as in It fell on Clara to support the entire family. [Mid-1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with fall on. 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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