英语词汇“to shoot the works”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

shoot the works

To use or expend all of one's effort, resources, or funds. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his first film, the director really shot the works when he made the sequel. I know you want to have a good time, but don't shoot the works—you still have to pay your bills for the rest of the month.

shoot the works

1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money. Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works. Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab.

2. Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale.

shoot the works

Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see the works.

shoot the works

1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab.

2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works.

shoot the works

Informal

To expend all of one's efforts or capital.

shoot the works, to

To make an all-out effort. This twentieth-century Americanism uses works in the sense of “everything.” “Within an hour he hoped to shoot the works,” wrote Lawrence Treat in his 1943 mystery, O as in Omen. See also shoot one's bolt.

词汇	to shoot the works
释义	(redirected from to shoot the works) shoot the works To use or expend all of one's effort, resources, or funds. After receiving a lukewarm reception to his first film, the director really shot the works when he made the sequel. I know you want to have a good time, but don't shoot the works—you still have to pay your bills for the rest of the month. shoot the works 1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one's money. Okay, let's go out to dinner and shoot the works. Don't shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale. shoot the works Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see the works. shoot the works 1. tv. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. tv. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. shoot the works Informal To expend all of one's efforts or capital. shoot the works, to To make an all-out effort. This twentieth-century Americanism uses works in the sense of “everything.” “Within an hour he hoped to shoot the works,” wrote Lawrence Treat in his 1943 mystery, O as in Omen. See also shoot one's bolt.
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