英语词汇“out to dry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to hang (someone) out to dry (also to leave (someone) out to dry, etc.) and variants: to put (someone) in a difficult, vulnerable, or compromising situation, especially by being exposed to blame; hence simply out to dry.

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1950 Los Angeles Sentinel 22 June b1/1 Her song-sational vocalizing took all standing records by the tail and ‘hung them out to dry’.

1978 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 20 Jan. People would hang us out to dry if we tried to change the look of the cable cars.

1985 R. Caron Bingo! iii. 19 They pointed out to Lorne that I was a lucrative catch, with a Montreal reputation, and by laying me out to dry the word would get around about back-room justice.

1998 J. J. Dewey Immortal (2005) II. 351 She was feeling that God himself had betrayed her and had left her out to dry.

2007 Reno (Nevada) Gaz.-Jrnl. 10 Sept. a1 If we don't try and something's found later on, we're out to dry.

2011 Economist 26 Feb. 64/3 The price rises will swiftly be reversed and the bosses responsible..could find themselves hung out to dry.

单词	out to dry
释义	> as lemmas out to dry colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to hang (someone) out to dry (also to leave (someone) out to dry, etc.) and variants: to put (someone) in a difficult, vulnerable, or compromising situation, especially by being exposed to blame; hence simply out to dry. ΚΠ 1950 Los Angeles Sentinel 22 June b1/1 Her song-sational vocalizing took all standing records by the tail and ‘hung them out to dry’. 1978 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 20 Jan. People would hang us out to dry if we tried to change the look of the cable cars. 1985 R. Caron Bingo! iii. 19 They pointed out to Lorne that I was a lucrative catch, with a Montreal reputation, and by laying me out to dry the word would get around about back-room justice. 1998 J. J. Dewey Immortal (2005) II. 351 She was feeling that God himself had betrayed her and had left her out to dry. 2007 Reno (Nevada) Gaz.-Jrnl. 10 Sept. a1 If we don't try and something's found later on, we're out to dry. 2011 Economist 26 Feb. 64/3 The price rises will swiftly be reversed and the bosses responsible..could find themselves hung out to dry. extracted from dryv. < as lemmas
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