on the prowl 관용구
on the prowl
on the prowl Actively looking for something, as in
Their underpaid computer programmers are always on the prowl for better jobs. This idiom transfers an animal's search for prey to human pursuits that are usually less bloodthirsty. [c. 1800]
on the prowl
1. slang Attractive for a animal partner. This bar is a admired destination of adolescent men and women out on the prowl.2. slang Actively attractive for addition or something. Usually followed by "for." I've been on the cruise for a new television that I can get for a acceptable price.Learn more: on, prowlon the prowl
looking for addition for animal purposes. (Alludes to a prowling cat.) Tom looks like he is on the cruise afresh tonight. That accomplished assemblage of boys is on the prowl. Watch out.Learn more: on, prowlon the prowl
Actively attractive for something, as in Their underpaid computer programmers are consistently on the cruise for bigger jobs. This argot transfers an animal's chase for casualty to animal pursuits that are usually beneath bloodthirsty. [c. 1800] Learn more: on, prowlon the prowl
mod. attractive for addition for animal purposes, in the address of a prowling cat. Tom looks like he is on the cruise afresh tonight. Learn more: on, prowl on the prowl
Actively attractive for something: salespeople on the cruise for bigger jobs.Learn more: on, prowl