词汇 | takes a bow |
释义 | (redirected from takes a bow)take a bowTo recognize and acknowledge praise, credit, admiration, or appreciation. The famed director is not one to take a bow when given compliments on her work, preferring instead to defer credit to the cast and crew Go on, David—take a bow! Everyone is cheering for you! take a bowto bow and acknowledge credit for a good performance. At the end of the concerto, the pianist rose and took a bow. The audience applauded wildly and demanded that the conductor come out and take a bow again. take a bowAcknowledge praise or applause, as in The conductor asked the composer to take a bow. This idiom uses bow in the sense of "inclining the body or head as a token of salutation." [c. 1800] take a bowmainly BRITISH, JOURNALISMPeople sometimes write take a bow before or after a person's name when they want to congratulate that person or show their admiration for them. Note: `Bow' is pronounced with the same vowel sound as the word `how'. There are only three of them — take a bow, Grant Lee Phillips on guitar and vocals, Paul Kimble on bass and drummer Joey Peters — but they sound like an orchestra. When you've got the best camerawork and the best commentators — Martin Tyler, take a bow — it's hard to go far wrong. take a bow1 (of an actor or entertainer) acknowledge applause after a performance. 2 used to tell someone that they should feel themselves worthy of applause. |
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