under the hammer
to be sold at an auction
TRANSLATION
under the hammer = versteigert werden, unter den Hammer kommen --- GOOGLE INDEX under the hammer: approximately 25,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Royal Dress Goes UNDER THE HAMMER
(The London Daily Telegraph - News Headline)
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A rare inscribed copy of Arthur Conan Doyle's debut novel, in which detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance, is to go UNDER THE HAMMER.
(BBC News)
(The London Daily Telegraph - News Headline)
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A rare inscribed copy of Arthur Conan Doyle's debut novel, in which detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance, is to go UNDER THE HAMMER.
(BBC News)
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go / fall under the hammer
idiom
- to be sold at an auction
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This expression stems from the hammer (also called a gavel) that auctioneers pound on the podium to indicate that an item has been sold at an auction. Hammer can be found in other idioms, such as in the following examples:
- hammer something home = to keep repeating an idea or opinion so it is understood (I tried to hammer home to my son that drinking and driving is dangerous.)
- hammer something out = to arrive at an agreement through argument and negotiation (The workers hammered out a new contract that gives them a good pay raise.)
- hammer on something = to pound on something (I hammered on the door until he finally woke up.)
- to be at it hammer and tongs = to do something, especially to argue, with a lot of energy or violence (Our neighbours were at it hammer and tongs all night long.)
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"His private collection of Aztec sculptures will go under the hammer."
idiom
- to be sold at an auction
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This expression stems from the hammer (also called a gavel) that auctioneers pound on the podium to indicate that an item has been sold at an auction. Hammer can be found in other idioms, such as in the following examples:
- hammer something home = to keep repeating an idea or opinion so it is understood (I tried to hammer home to my son that drinking and driving is dangerous.)
- hammer something out = to arrive at an agreement through argument and negotiation (The workers hammered out a new contract that gives them a good pay raise.)
- hammer on something = to pound on something (I hammered on the door until he finally woke up.)
- to be at it hammer and tongs = to do something, especially to argue, with a lot of energy or violence (Our neighbours were at it hammer and tongs all night long.)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"His private collection of Aztec sculptures will go under the hammer."
