magic asterisk

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

magic asterisks 复数 magic asterisks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    an unspecified future budget cut, especially an imaginary cut.

    习语 金融 政治

词源

Coined by Howard Henry Baker Jr., from the Reagan administration's use in 1981 of asterisks as placeholders for cuts yet to be decided in government spending.

来源：wiktionary