English Dictionary

under the pump

prep_phrase

(Australia, New Zealand) Under pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, pump.

I always perform better under the pump.

意味（1）

(Australia, New Zealand) Under pressure to perform, e.g. at work or in a sports contest.

Nick was under the pump. He was underdone, and the selectors wanted to replace him with James Stewart.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, pump.

The laws of the state relative to the intermarriage of the whites with the coloured population, are also referred to. A case of this kind took place at New York when I was there; and as soon as the ceremony was over, the husband, I believe it was, but either the husband or the wife, was seized by the mob and put under the pump for half an hour.