英语词汇number is up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	number is up
词源	number is up. One is about to die; one has been caught in some criminal activity. This phrase may derive from the British and American military expression lose the number of one’s mess, meaning one has been killed. But the first (British) printed mention of the term in 1806 associates it with a lottery, which suggests that one’s death is a matter of luck, like a number com- ing up in a lottery.
随便看	haussmannization have a bear by the tail have a brick in one-s hat have a burr in under his saddle have a card up one-s sleeve have a field day have a good nice day have an oar in another-s boat have at one-s fingertips have fishhooks in one-s pocket have his guts for garters havelock have one-s game shoes on have one-s heart in one-s throat have one-s innings have one-s number on it have other fish to fry haves and have-nots have someone-s number have the edge have the goods on have the inside track have the luck of hiram smith have the world by the tail have to see a man about a dog

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