begin with the chuckyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

begin with the chucky (三人称単数 現在形 begins with the chucky, 現在分詞 beginning with the chucky, 過去形 began with the chucky, 過去分詞 begun with the chucky)

1. (obsolete) To live beyond one's means.
   • 1865, English Women's Domestic Magazine, page 89

     Half the world now begins with the 'chucky'.

   • 1871, Young people, The Juvenile instructor and companion, page 220:

     Recollect and apply the general principle involved in the lament over "Andrew's imprudence," and don't "begin with the chucky"!

   • 1891, The Quiver

     Our son Andrew has now got a shop and a wife too. He is trying his hand both at business and at housekeeping : but. oh, sir ! he has made an awfu' mistake : he has begun with the chucky !