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Meaning of one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

““Yes, I'll make Simpledoria get out of the way. Come here, Simpledoria. Now, Bill, put your heels together on the edge of the walk. That's right. All ready? Now then! One for the money—two for the show—three to make ready—and four for to GO!” Another silence. “By jingo, Bill Hammersley, you've beat me! Ha, ha! That was a jump! What say?””

“And then they swung him back and forth, and back and forth, saying: "One for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go." And up they tossed him into the air.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

one good turn deserves another one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen one heart, one soul one in the eye for one man's loss is another man's gain one man's meat is another man's poison