lock, stock and barrel
名词 n.
副词 adv.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The entirety of a thing, with nothing omitted.
— Congress are in possession of the flint, powder, gun, lock, stock and barrel, and still we exclaim with the old lady, take away the musket.
副词 adv.
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Entirely, completely.
— They want to buy the whole thing, lock, stock and barrel.
词源
词源 1
From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation).
词源 2
From the three principal parts of a flintlock. The explanation that it refers to all of a shopkeeper’s possessions—the lock to the door, the stock in trade and the items stored in barrels—is fanciful. First attested in an 1817 letter by the Scottish novelist Walter Scott (see quotation).
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