hit the bricks

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To travel about, especially on foot. idiomatic
    — [T]housands of brewers, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, cooks, checkers, cashiers, dishwashers, hotel maids and bellmen, too, would be forced to hit the bricks in search of other work.
  2. To leave or depart; to get out. idiomatic
    — Alas, Hancock did not have his receipt, so the shop owner told him to hit the bricks.
  3. To participate in a workplace strike or other job action; to participate in a public protest, especially one involving picketing. idiomatic
    — When Harry Bridges told his boys to hit the bricks, Charley was always up front in the longshoremen's wall of flesh. His picketing record in the bloody dockside strife of 1934 and in the all-out strike of 1937 was perfect.

词形变化

hits the bricks present,singular,third-person hitting the bricks participle,present hit the bricks participle,past hit the bricks past
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