piece of the action Slang A share of an activity or of profits: "a piece of the action in a Florida land deal" (Shana Alexander). piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product: "He's a very tough piece of work" (Ted Koppel). [Middle English pece, from Old French,...
PIECE. A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous congress. Hence the (Cambridge) toast, may we never have a PIECE (peace) that will injure the constitution. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence,...
piece of work,an extraordinary person, especially one who has extremely negative qualities: She's a nasty piece of work! speak one's piece,to express one's opinion; reveal one's thoughts upon a subject: I decided to speak my piece whether they liked it or not. ...
an amount of work constituting a single job:to be paid by the piece.Seepiecework. Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]a distance:[singular;a+~]down the road a piece. v. [~+object]to mend by adding a piece or pieces; patch. ...
piece of trash n US, figurative, pejorative, slang (worthless person)废物;蠢货;无用的人That guy's a piece of trash; don't have anything to do with him. piece of work n ([sth] made or done)一件作品The novel is a magnificent piece of work which is beautifully written. piece rate (...
givesomeonea piece of your mind fall to pieces (all) in one piece in pieces pick/pullsomeone/somethingto pieces a piece of ass a piece of cake a piece of the pie a piece of work More idioms takesomethingto pieces -piece suffix uk /-piːs/ us /-piːs/ with thenumberofpiecesmen...
US slang He was carrying a piece when he was arrested . 他被逮捕時身上有一把槍。 習語come to pieces give sb a piece of your mind go/fall to pieces (all) in one piece pick/pull sb/sth to pieces piece of ass piece of cake piece of the pie take sth to pieces 返回piece上...
piece of cake InformalSomething very easy to do. piece of the actionSlang A share of an activity or of profits:"a piece of the action in a Florida land deal"(Shana Alexander). piece of work A remarkable person, achievement, or product:"He's a very tough piece of work"(Ted Koppel)....
piece of work (informal)a person of a specified kind, especially an unpleasant one (非正式)…样的人,…样的货色 he's a nasty piece of work. 他是个下流坯子。 9. say one's piece give one's opinion or make a prepared statement 发表意见 10. tear (或 pull) someone/thing to pieces cri...
Piece of work意为“杰出的人”,呼应了《哈姆雷特》。Piece作为“硬币”的含义可追溯至约1400年,因此有piece of eight,指西班牙元(约1600年),价值8个皇家,带有数字8。副词短语in one piece意为“完整的,未分割的,没有损失或伤害”,可追溯至1580年代;of a piece意为“作为同一部分或整体”,可追溯至1610年代...