Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Nearby Words

64 question

 - 1 dictionary result

sixty-four-dollar question

[siks-tee-fawr-dol-er, -fohr-]
–noun
the critical or basic question or problem: Whether the measure will get through Congress this session or not is the sixty-four-dollar question.
Also, $64 question.


Origin:
from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest prize on a popular radio quiz show in the 1940s
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To 64 question
Search another word or see 64 question on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: