单词 | with or having one's back at or to the wall |
释义 | > as lemmaswith or having one's back at or to the wall d. with or having one's back at or to the wall: hard-pressed, struggling against odds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > in adversity [phrase] > at the end of one's resources with or having one's back at or to the wall1535 at a or to the bay1596 to be at the end of one's rope1686 one's rope is out1686 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 73 That we may haif thair bakis at the wall, Without defend that ar oure commoun fa. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 536 I ill liked to see him with his back to the wall. < as lemmas |
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