| 单词 | clip-someones-wings |
| 释义 | clip someone's wings in British Englisha. to restrict someone's freedom b. to thwart someone's ambition clip someone's wings in British Englisha. to restrict someone's freedom b. to thwart someone's ambition clip someone's wings in British English informal See full dictionary entry for wingsif you say that something or someone clips your wings, you mean that they restrict your freedom to do what you want legislation aimed at clipping the president's political wings clip someone's wingsto limit someone's freedom to do what they want The opposition has been trying to clip his wings by making his actions and his appointmentssubject to parliamentary approval. Definition of 'clip someone's wings' |
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