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1 Lock, stock, and barrel is a merism (figure of speech) used predominantly in the United Kingdom and North America, meaning 'all', 'total', 'everything'. The effective portions of a gun are the lock (used to hold ready the sparking mechanism); the stock (the portion held), and the barrel (the aiming guide and conveyor for the explosive-driven ball).
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He sold the business lock, stock and barrel. - 2
They received a verbal offer to buy the company lock, stock and barrel. - 3
And how many tears were shed by the capitalists for the 1,400 workers who lost their jobs when Murdoch moved his newspapers lock, stock and barrel to Wapping in 1986? 在1986年当默多克转移其报纸业务时那些资本家们为失去工作的1400名工人们流下了多少眼泪？
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