key to the midway

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fictional item, the subject of a fool's errand.
    — Near-synonyms: skyhook, left-handed monkey wrench, left-handed smoke shifter, blinker fluid, muffler bearing, relative bearing grease, pigeon's milk
  2. A Ferris wheel or carousel, due to their central location.
    — “I’m a wheel man,” he says. “I’ve been crazy about Ferris wheels since I was a kid. The Ferris wheel is the key to the midway. When it’s up and running and the lights are on, everybody knows the show is open.”

词形变化

keys to the midway plural

词源

Carny slang, from the custom of sending a rube on a quest for the (non-existent) “key to the midway”.
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