get to/reach first baseSUCCEED IN DOING something a) American EnglishAmE informal to reach the first stage of success in an attempt to achieve something 达到成功的第一步,初步成功 You’ve gotten to first base if you’ve landed an interview. 如果你得到了面试机会,那你就获得了初步的成功。
b) old-fashioned informal to kiss someone in a sexual way, used especially by young men to talk about the first stage in a sexual relationship 上第一步,上第一垒〔指男女关系中的第一阶段,即亲吻,尤为年轻男子使用〕
get to/reach first base• Compared to this little middle-aged lot, we didn't get to first base!
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