| 单词 | beat the air |
| 释义 | beat the airAlso, beat the wind. Continue to make futile attempts, fight to no purpose. For example, The candidates for office were so much alike that we thought our vote amounted to beating the air. These phrases call up a vivid image of someone flailing away at nothing. [Late 1300s] Words nearby beat the airBeatrice, Beatrix, beats me, beat someone at his or her own game, at someone's feet, be, beat the air, beat the band, beat the bushes for, beat the clock, beat the drum for, beat the Dutch The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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