The fire engines were going down the road to beat the band.
The audience cheered and stamped and clapped to beat the band.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
Beat the Band — was a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to 1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the show business catch phrase, Give me a little traveling music, often uttered on TV a decade later by Jackie Gleason. In… … Wikipedia
beat the band — (informal) To be the best (esp in the phrase to beat the band so as to beat everything) • • • Main Entry: ↑band … Useful english dictionary
beat the band — {adv. phr.}, {informal} At great speed; with much noise or commotion. Used after to . * /The fire engines were going down the road to beat the band./ * /The audience cheered and stamped and clapped to beat the band./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat the band — {adv. phr.}, {informal} At great speed; with much noise or commotion. Used after to . * /The fire engines were going down the road to beat the band./ * /The audience cheered and stamped and clapped to beat the band./ … Dictionary of American idioms
beat\ the\ band — adv. phr. informal At great speed; with much noise or commotion. Used after to . The fire engines were going down the road to beat the band. The audience cheered and stamped and clapped to beat the band … Словарь американских идиом
to beat the band — informal in such a way as to surpass all competition they were talking to beat the band * * * to beat the band US informal : in a very forceful or obvious way He was snoring to beat the band. [=he was snoring very loudly] • • • Main Entry: ↑band… … Useful english dictionary
to beat the band — mod. very hard and very fast. □ He’s selling computers to beat the band since he started advertising. □ She worked to beat the band to get ready for this … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
to beat the band — phrasal in a very energetic or forceful manner < talking away to beat the band > … New Collegiate Dictionary
to beat the band — adverb Very vigorously; at a frantic pace; to a high degree; in large quantities. Fifty dollars gold d buy beer to beat the band enough to drown me if I fell in head first. Syn: a lot … Wiktionary
to beat the band — with lots of energy, like crazy, like mad Aunt Jemima was making pancakes to beat the band … English idioms
