64 dollar question
1sixty-four-dollar question — noun Etymology: so called from the fact that $64 was the highest award in the CBS radio quiz show “Take Italian or Leave It” (1941 48) : a crucial question expressing the basic issue on a problematical subject * * * /siks tee fawr dol euhr, fohr… …
2sixty-four-dollar question — n. the most important question; the question that everyone wants to know the answer to. □ When? Now, that is the sixty four dollar question. □ Now for the sixty four dollar question. What’s the stock market going to do this year? …
3sixty-four-thousand-dollar question — sixty four (thousand )dollar question noun 1. (from a US quiz game), the final and most difficult question one has to answer, from the sixty four (thousand )dollar top prize money awarded 2. Hence, a hard question to answer, the supreme or… …
4sixty-four-(thousand-)dollar question — noun ▪ (from a US quiz game), the final and most difficult question one has to answer, from the sixty four (thousand )dollar top prize money awarded ▪ Hence, a hard question to answer, the supreme or crucial question ● sixty …
5sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something …
6sixty-four-dollar question — /siks tee fawr dol euhr, fohr / the critical or basic question or problem: Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty four dollar question. Also, $64 question. [from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest… …
7sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
8sixty-four thousand dollar question — noun informal something that is not known and on which a great deal depends. Origin 1940s: orig. sixty four dollar question, from a question posed for the top prize in a broadcast quiz show …
9(the) sixty-four-thousand-dollar question — informal, informal an important or difficult question which people do not know the answer to. So will she marry him or not? that s the sixty four thousand dollar question …
10sixty-four-thousand-dollar question — noun (singular) informal the most important question, which you do not know the answer to: But will they accept the offer? That s the sixty four thousand dollar question …
