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By ERIK HAYDEN Christie's has announced a charity auction beginning in late September, with Bond's flashy wheels taking the top billing.
Someone in New York paid $302,500 dollars for a Barbie wearing a diamond necklace.
go up
1. Be put up, as in New buildings are going up all over town.
2. Rise; increase. For example, His temperature is going up at an alarming rate, or The costs of construction are going up all the time. [Late 1800s]
3. Also, be gone up. Be destroyed, ruined, done for; also, die, be killed. For example, If we're not back in a week, you'll know we've gone up, or In spite of our efforts, the plans for a new library are gone up. [Slang; mid-1800s]
4. Forget one's lines on the stage or make a mistake in performing music. For example, Don't worry, you know your part and you won't go up, or He went up in the last movement of the sonata. [Slang; 1960s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go up.
decadent
[形]
1 (絶頂期のあとで)衰退していく, 堕落に向かっている;退廃的な;衰退期の.
2 デカダン派[風]の.
━━[名]
1 退廃的な人.
2 ((しばしばD-))デカダン(頹廢派の作家).
carry the ball
By ERIK HAYDEN Christie's has announced a charity auction beginning in late September, with Bond's flashy wheels taking the top billing.
Someone in New York paid $302,500 dollars for a Barbie wearing a diamond necklace.
go up
1. Be put up, as in New buildings are going up all over town.
2. Rise; increase. For example, His temperature is going up at an alarming rate, or The costs of construction are going up all the time. [Late 1800s]
3. Also, be gone up. Be destroyed, ruined, done for; also, die, be killed. For example, If we're not back in a week, you'll know we've gone up, or In spite of our efforts, the plans for a new library are gone up. [Slang; mid-1800s]
4. Forget one's lines on the stage or make a mistake in performing music. For example, Don't worry, you know your part and you won't go up, or He went up in the last movement of the sonata. [Slang; 1960s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go up.
decadent
[形]
1 (絶頂期のあとで)衰退していく, 堕落に向かっている;退廃的な;衰退期の.
2 デカダン派[風]の.
━━[名]
1 退廃的な人.
2 ((しばしばD-))デカダン(頹廢派の作家).
carry the day
Win, prevail, as in At auctions the wealthiest bidders usually carry the day. [Late 1600s]
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