英语词汇“to kick into the long grass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. British (originally and chiefly Politics). to kick (a person or thing) into the long grass and variants: to put aside, defer; to sideline. The expression appears to have been originally associated with Geoffrey Rippon (1924–97), British politician.In quot. 1973 as part of an extended metaphor involving football.

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1966 G. Rippon in Hansard Commons 24 May 293 How long are the Royal Commissions expected to take to complete their work? In other words, how long is the ball to be kicked into the long grass?

1973 Times 11 Oct. 4/7 Mr Rippon set himself up as the archapostle of community politics..with all sorts of pledges about not ‘kicking the ball into the long grass’ from which it might emerge muddier than before.

1986 Financial Times 5 Aug. 34/3 Senior ministers' initial response to Peacock..was that it was not what was required and should be ‘kicked into the long grass’.

1989 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Dec. He is not prepared to be kicked into the long grass by the party.

2005 D. Runcorn in D. Ison Vicar's Guide iii. 22 You don't know what issues can be kicked into the long grass and which need to be top of the agenda.

单词	to kick into the long grass
释义	> as lemmas to kick (a person or thing) into the long grass 2. British (originally and chiefly Politics). to kick (a person or thing) into the long grass and variants: to put aside, defer; to sideline. The expression appears to have been originally associated with Geoffrey Rippon (1924–97), British politician.In quot. 1973 as part of an extended metaphor involving football. ΚΠ 1966 G. Rippon in Hansard Commons 24 May 293 How long are the Royal Commissions expected to take to complete their work? In other words, how long is the ball to be kicked into the long grass? 1973 Times 11 Oct. 4/7 Mr Rippon set himself up as the archapostle of community politics..with all sorts of pledges about not ‘kicking the ball into the long grass’ from which it might emerge muddier than before. 1986 Financial Times 5 Aug. 34/3 Senior ministers' initial response to Peacock..was that it was not what was required and should be ‘kicked into the long grass’. 1989 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Dec. He is not prepared to be kicked into the long grass by the party. 2005 D. Runcorn in D. Ison Vicar's Guide iii. 22 You don't know what issues can be kicked into the long grass and which need to be top of the agenda. extracted from long grassn. < as lemmas
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