| 单词 | to drive to the wall |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive (also push) to the wall P3. to drive (also push) to the wall: to drive to the last extremity. with or having one's back to the wall: see back n.1 25. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation > force into an inescapable position to drive (also push) to the wall1546 to drive into a corner1548 corner1841 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiiiv That dede without words shal dryue him to the wal. And further than the wall, he can not go. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 34 The Colonell thus driven to the wall and worsted on every hand, used two pleas more for his last reserve. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 127 I see what you are driving me to the wa' about. 1828 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula I. iii. iii. 336 The commissaries pushed to the wall by the delay, offered an exorbitant remuneration. 1860 L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose II. 30 Being..driven to the wall, Addington complied. < as lemmas |
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