| 单词 | to get off the spot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get off the spot (b) Originally U.S. No longer in a difficult or pressurized situation; out of trouble. Frequently in to get off the spot. Cf. on the spot adv. 6b. ΚΠ 1931 Idaho Evening Times 11 Dec. 8/1 Boys! Suppose you were making love to a girl—and a man bigger than Carnera came up and said you had to keep your promise to marry his sister—what would you do?.. See Hoot Gibson, the ‘Hard Hombre’ get off the spot. 1966 D. R. McCoy Landon of Kansas vii. 158 Landon was not yet off the spot. By the end of the month newspapers were carrying stories about a check for $10,046.67 from Ronald Finney made out to Mrs. Landon. 2007 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 25 Feb. 33 She pulled the race card out of her bag of dirty tricks... It was a moment of pander and panic, designed to get her off the spot. < as lemmas |
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