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• sixty-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… …   Useful english dictionary

• sixty-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 …   Useful english dictionary

• sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question — The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• sixty-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… …   Useful english dictionary

• sixty — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 the product of six and ten. 2 a symbol for this (60, lx, LX). 3 (in pl.) the numbers from 60 to 69, esp. the years of a century or of a person s life. 4 a set of sixty persons or things. adj. that amount to sixty. Phrases …   Useful english dictionary

• sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question —    The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• sixty-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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Sixty-four-thousand-dollar-question —   The sixty four thousand dollar question is the most important question that can be asked about something …   Dictionary of English idioms

• sixty-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 …   English new terms dictionary

• sixty-four dollar question — noun the crucial, decisive, or fundamental issue of a matter. Also, sixty four thousand dollar question. {named after the final prize in the US radio quiz game Take It or Leave It (1941–48), the variant being a later adaptation} …  

• sixty-four thousand dollar question, the —  The crucial, most important, most difficult question …   A concise dictionary of English slang