| 单词 |
the thick end of something |
| 释义 |
the thick end of somethingBritish informal The greater part of something: he was borrowing the thick end of £750 every week...- Unfortunately in situations like this the need to blame someone comes in and Alec is getting the thick end of it.
- The timing too was crass, since the increase coincided with MPs awarding themselves an annual pay rise equal to the thick end of a year's entire minimum wage.
- That is the thick end of a quarter of a billion dollars.
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