Orchestras have seen cultural rivals get a bigger piece of the pie.
管弦乐队发现其文化竞争对手占据了更大的一份市场份额。
习惯用语
pie in the sky
1. 空想：不能实现的愿望或诺言
“To outlaw deficits . . . is pie in the sky”( -- Howard H. Baker, Jr.)
“消除赤字…只是空中楼阁”( -- 小霍华德H.贝克)
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语源
Middle English: probably the same word as pie, the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpieMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin pica 'magpie' (related to picus 'green woodpecker')from Hindi pā'ï, from Sanskrit pada, padï 'quarter'
