thumb on the scale

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

thumbs on the scale 复数 thumbs on the scale thumbs on the scales 复数

别名

thumb on the scales

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.

    习语 不可数

词源

An allusion to a butcher who cheats customers by surreptitiously using a thumb to apply extra pressure to the scale when weighing meat to calculate the price of a sale.

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