单词 | to give a blank cheque to |
释义 | > as lemmasto give a blank cheque to b. figurative in various uses. to give a blank cheque to: nearly = to give carte blanche to. ΚΠ a1849 H. Coleridge Poems II. 376 Sense is only fraught With cheques and tokens taken upon trust. 1881 W. B. Dawkins in Nature 3 Feb. 309/2 He is drawing a cheque on our credulity which is not likely to be honoured. 1884 G. J. Goschen in Hansard 19 Feb. 3rd Ser. CCLXXXIV. 1420 I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury. < as lemmas |
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