2024年11月17日 星期日

pan (CRITICIZE), dry up, drawing card. Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters

Market Pans Bank Rescue Plan
Treasury's Geithner promised forceful action aimed at getting $1 trillion to $2 trillion in financing flowing through the economy, but the lack of detail helped drive stocks down nearly 5%.


Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Panned in Washington, Thrill Many of His Voters

Where Donald Trump’s critics see underqualified nominees with questionable judgment, his voters described them as mavericks recruited to shake up Washington.




As Water Sales Dry Up, Nestlé Pans Soda
Nestlé, the world's biggest bottled-water producer, is trying to persuade consumers they should worry about another drink: soda.


Intel's Net Plunges as Demand Dries Up

CES 2008 Picks and Pans: Concept gadgets rule, editors drool, and wireless, hands-free tech takes over. Here are our picks for the best--and worst--of this year's show.


But while the kurazukuri may be the guidebook drawing card, visitors from the Kanto region are just as likely to associate the city with something more mundane: a vegetable. For many generations tourists have trekked to Kawagoe to sample its signature sweet potatoes.

drawing card 〔米〕 人気番組; 人気スター.
A feature or event that attracts a large audience.
For example, This Italian tenor is always a good drawing card.

Card
 in this idiom refers to a large poster containing an advertisement for something, often some sort of entertainment. [Late 1800s]


dry up
1. Gradually become unproductive, as in After two collections of short stories, his ability to write fiction dried up. Also see well's run dry.
2. Stop talking; also, cause to stop talking. For example, Dry up! You've said enough. [Slang; mid-1800s]


pan
(CRITICIZE)
verb [T] -nn- INFORMAL
to criticize something severely:
The critics panned the film version of the novel.

  1. Informal. Severe criticism, especially a negative review: gave the film a pan.

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