| 单词 | to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto snatch victory from (also out of) the jaws of defeat c. to snatch victory from (also out of) the jaws of defeat and variants: to win a battle, contest, etc., when defeat seemed inevitable. Conversely: to snatch defeat from (also out of) the jaws of victory and variants: to be defeated in a battle, contest, etc., when victory seemed inevitable. ΚΠ 1823 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 Apr. It was one of those masterly movements which, like that of Napoleon at Marengo, wrested the laurel of conquest from the very jaws of defeat. 1845 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 291 He compelled reluctant Fortune to his standard, and snatched a brilliant victory, as it were, out of the very jaws of defeat. 1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 24 May 8 Were they fairly defeated after having played a creditable game there would be no censure for them; but when they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory there can be little sympathy for their deserved misfortune. 1942 W. G. Carr Educ. Leadership in this Emergency 20 A persistent leadership which sometimes snatches success out of the very jaws of defeat. 1990 J. Woititz & A. Garner Lifeskills For Adult Children iv. 48 That may lead them to reconsider and may snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. 2016 Irish Independent (Nexis) 13 June 9 Kerry committed an act of grand larceny when they snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with a 1-3 injury-time flourish. < as lemmas |
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