گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'shoot the works'

1 general:: Phrase(s): shoot the works 1. to do everything; to use everything; to bet all one’s money. • Okay, let’s go out to dinner and shoot the works. • Don’t shoot the works! Save some for a cab. 2. Sl. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. • Suddenly she turned sort of green, and I knew she was going to shoot the works. • After she shot the works, she looked fine—but I was sort of pale.

2 general:: Expend all one's efforts or capital, as in He's broke after shooting the works on that new office building. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] Also see THE WORKS.