break the buck

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fall below the value of one dollar per share. US,idiomatic
    — In 1994, during the Orange County bankruptcy, a few funds were poised to break the buck, until their parent companies stepped in.

词形变化

breaks the buck present,singular,third-person breaking the buck participle,present broke the buck past broken the buck participle,past

词源

Break (as in break the bank) + the + buck (“dollar (colloquial)”).
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