go the whole pileとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

In allusion to the piles of gold dust used as currency by gambling miners in America.

動詞

go the whole pile (三人称単数 現在形 goes the whole pile, 現在分詞 going the whole pile, 過去形 went the whole pile, 過去分詞 gone the whole pile)

1. (slang, dated) To stake all of one's money on a single outcome.
   • 1848, The Southern Literary Messenger (volume 14, page 446)

     "I go the whole pile on the Jack," said Colonel Bull, drawing the chips from other cards upon which they had been distributed.

   • 1884, W. Jarman, U.S.A., Uncle Sam's Abscess (page 27)

     You may bet your bottom dollar on it; go the whole pile and go in and win; you hear me!

参照

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary