| 单词 | play a straight bat |
| 释义 | play a straight bat [British] to try to avoid answering difficult questions But last Saturday her interviewee played a straight bat, referring all inquiries to his solicitors before driving off. [old-fashioned] to do things in an honest and simple way because you have traditional ideas and values Amit, then 14, was very surprised to find that playing a straight bat was not considered all that important in his new school. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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