| 单词 | to rake over the coals |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rake over the (also old) coals P3. transitive. Originally U.S. to rake over the (also old) coals: to re-examine events in the past, stirring up memories or former grievances. Frequently with of. ΚΠ 1857 Testimony Case Hon. O. B. Matteson in Rep. Comm. House of Representatives (34th U.S. Congr., 3rd Sess.) I. 115 Witness, I cannot specify. If I should go back for a year or two, to rake over the coals of my recollection, I might, perhaps. 1892 B. Harrison Speeches 12 He says we are endeavoring to rake over the coals of an extinct strife, to see if we may not find some ember in which there is yet sufficient vitality to rekindle the strife. 1964 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 4 Jan. 48/2 So German youth is shockingly ignorant of the crimes of its fathers! What is the use of raking over old coals? 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Mar. 61 Can the process of raking over the coals be seen as some kind of therapy which the families of the dead might even welcome? < as lemmas |
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