put one's money where one's mouth is

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make or take a bet.
  2. To take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making. idiomatic
    — "The scientists are right to be extremely cautious about interpreting these findings," said Jim Al-Khalili, a physicist from the University of Surrey, who suggested that a simple error in the measurement is probably the source of all the fuss..."So let me put my money where my mouth is: if the Cern experiment proves to be correct and neutrinos have broken the speed of light, I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV."

词形变化

puts one's money where one's mouth is present,singular,third-person putting one's money where one's mouth is participle,present put one's money where one's mouth was participle,past put one's money where one's mouth was past
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