| 单词 | to drop the pilot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drop the pilot d. to drop the pilot and variants: to abandon a trustworthy adviser.Originally with allusion to a cartoon by J. Tenniel in Punch (1890) 20 Mar., depicting the recent dismissal of Bismarck from the Chancellorship of Germany by William II. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles > abandon a trustworthy adviser to drop the pilot1891 1891 National Rev. Sept. 19 The emperor had suddenly ‘dropped his pilot’..and taken his own stand on the bridge. 1926 G. M. Trevelyan Hist. Eng. iv. vi. 456 In face of these signs Charles decided to ‘drop the pilot’. It was indeed tempting to make a scapegoat of Clarendon. 1979 D. Gurr Troika vi. 32 Khruschev'll be dropping that pilot before they clear the river. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 25 Jan. 18 The controversial July reshuffle in which the Prime Minister dropped the pilot (and his erstwhile pupil-master). < as lemmas |
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