释义 |
shake someone's tree shake (one's) treeTo provoke or compel one into taking some sort of action or reform. I believe people are electing radical candidates like her because they want to shake the government's tree. The employees' strike certainly shook our tree a bit, so we've begunSee also: shake, treeshake someone's treeArouse to action or reaction, disturb, as in He really shook Hollywood's tree. See also: shake, tree |