| 单词 | over the odds |
| 释义 | over the oddsmore than something is reallyworth: （价钱）超出所值的It's aniceenoughcarbut I'msureshepaidover theoddsfor it.这汽车确实很漂亮，但我敢肯定她买贵了。 Costing too much
Examplesofover the oddsover the odds Authorities will be penalised financially if they spendovertheodds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, would it apply only if they were going to payovertheodds, as it were? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The report concluded that consumers were not payingovertheoddsfor their petrol in that part of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of the wage pressure that is building up is because employers have to payovertheodds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That wasovertheoddsbecause another £110,000 should have been paid later. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been many cases of election petitions when people have spent 2½povertheodds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they choose to payovertheodds, that will come out of shareholders' funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We had employers from other factories ringing up to ask whether we were payingovertheodds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will have to payovertheoddswhilst those responsible have the further surcharge and disqualification removed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I assure him that there are many times when the ports payovertheoddsfor the fish just to keep their employees at work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the schools in this scheme can payovertheoddsto attract teachers who, in effect, work longer hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is what is causing the wage drift, and the "payingovertheodds" to obtain labour that is so sorely needed by hard-pressed firms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that authorities that receive the area cost adjustment have to payovertheoddsfor their teachers or other staff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that not show that the taxpayer is being asked to payovertheoddsfor a discriminatory, two-tier service? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that not a bitovertheodds? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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