| 词汇 | go under the hammer |
| 释义 | Idiom go under the hammercome/go under the hammer to be sold at an auction (= a public sale where objects are bought by the people who offer the most money).Both collections will come under the hammer and are expected to make £1m at Phillips' in London next month. go under the hammerTo be put up for or sold at auction. The banker's family estate had to go under the hammer to cover some of his mounting debt. come/go under the ˈhammerbe offered for sale at an auction (= a sale at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money): The house and all its contents are to come under the hammer next Thursday.The person in charge of an auction hits the table with a hammer to show that he/she has accepted the highest offer. |
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