fumble the bag

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make unwise financial decisions that lead one to lose or not make more money. slang
    — The accountant kept thousands of us entertained during his time on the show, with his unrelenting determination to not to fumble the bag – which stood at an impressive $100,000 (£81,000) when the series began.
  2. To miss out on an opportunity or to do a bad job using it. broadly,slang
    — [W]ith extremely varying degrees of success, the Bachelor Franchise has been trying to match people with their soul mates since 2002. Now, for the first time in 17 years, there’s a queer couple on the show...and the producers have majorly fumbled the bag.

词形变化

fumbles the bag present,singular,third-person fumbling the bag participle,present fumbled the bag participle,past fumbled the bag past

词源

Comes from a lyric in the 2017 song “I Get the Bag” by Gucci Mane, featuring Migos, with the word bag being a slang term for money.
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