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单词 with or having one's back at or to the wall
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with 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.
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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.
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