sixty-four-dollar question
or $64 ques·tion
[ siks-tee-fawr-dol-er kwes-chuh n, -fohr- ]
/ ˈsɪks tiˌfɔrˈdɒl ər ˈkwɛs tʃən, -ˌfoʊr- /
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.
Origin of sixty-four-dollar question
from the fact that 64 dollars was the largest prize on a popular radio quiz show in the 1940s
Words nearby sixty-four-dollar question
sixty-fifth,
sixty-first,
sixty-five,
sixty-four,
sixty-four thousand dollar question,
sixty-four-dollar question,
sixty-fourmo,
sixty-fourth,
sixty-fourth note,
sixty-fourth rest,
sixty-nine