| 词汇 | pick up the tab |
| 释义 | Idiom pick up the tab and pick up the check Theme: PAYMENT to pay the bill. (Informal.)Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab.Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check. Idiom pick up the tab informal to pay for something, often something that is not your responsibility.When we go out for dinner it's always Jack who picks up the bill.It's the taxpayer who picks up the tab for all these crazy government schemes. (often + for)pick up the tabTo pay the cost of something, as at a restaurant or bar, especially as a treat or favor for someone else. I know it's old-fashioned, but I still think a guy should pick up the tab on a first date. My employers have offered to pick up the tab if I decide to go to grad school. pick up the taband pick up the checkto pay the bill. Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab. Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check. pick up the tabCOMMON If you pick up the tab, you pay for something, often something that you are not responsible for. Pollard picked up the tab for dinner. If your girlfriend is always picking up the tab, the inequality in your relationship may be difficult for you both to handle. pick up the tabpay for something. informal, chiefly North Americanpick up the ˈtab (for something)(informal) pay the bill, especially for a group of people in a restaurant, etc: Her father picked up the tab for all the champagne at the wedding. |
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