A BIG THING ON ICE, subs. phr. (American).—A profitable venture; a good thing; also B.T.I.

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  1890.  A. C. GUNTER, Miss Nobody of Nowhere, p. 231. In the hall, prominently posted up by a wag, under new memberships, is a notice:

        
FOR ELECTION.
  Gussie de P. Van Beekman, vice Baron Bassington, of Harrowby Castle, England. ON ICE!

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