词汇 | get the goods on |
释义 | Idiom get the goods onget the goods on (someone) to get or have proof that someone has done something wrong.For months, the cops were trying to get the goods on a drug dealer who lives down the street. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form have the goods on someone: Look, Stan, you may think you have the goods on me, but you don't. get the goods on (someone)To obtain incriminating evidence or proof against someone. We know he's guilty, but we can't arrest him until we get the goods on him. get the goods onAlso, have the goods on. Acquire or possess confidential information about someone, especially of a damaging or incriminating kind. For example, "Trouble is, they've got the goods on me" (Owen Johnson, The Lawrenceville Stories, 1909). [Slang; 1870s] Also see get on one. |
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