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sixty-four-dollar question — noun Etymology: so called from the fact that $64 was the highest award in the CBS radio quiz show “Take Italian or Leave It” (1941 48) : a crucial question expressing the basic issue on a problematical subject * * * /siks tee fawr dol euhr, fohr… … Useful english dictionary
sixty-four-dollar question — n. the most important question; the question that everyone wants to know the answer to. □ When? Now, that is the sixty four dollar question. □ Now for the sixty four dollar question. What’s the stock market going to do this year? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sixty-four dollar question — noun the crucial, decisive, or fundamental issue of a matter. Also, sixty four thousand dollar question. {named after the final prize in the US radio quiz game Take It or Leave It (1941–48), the variant being a later adaptation} …
sixty-four thousand dollar question — noun informal something that is not known and on which a great deal depends. Origin 1940s: orig. sixty four dollar question, from a question posed for the top prize in a broadcast quiz show … English new terms dictionary
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question — sixty four (thousand )dollar question noun 1. (from a US quiz game), the final and most difficult question one has to answer, from the sixty four (thousand )dollar top prize money awarded 2. Hence, a hard question to answer, the supreme or… … Useful english dictionary
sixty-four-(thousand-)dollar question — noun ▪ (from a US quiz game), the final and most difficult question one has to answer, from the sixty four (thousand )dollar top prize money awarded ▪ Hence, a hard question to answer, the supreme or crucial question ● sixty … Useful english dictionary
sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something … The small dictionary of idiomes
sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question — noun (singular) informal the most important question, which you do not know the answer to: But will they accept the offer? That s the sixty four thousand dollar question … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something … Dictionary of English idioms
