| 释义 |
flex one's musclesGive a show of strength or power: the committee likes to flex its political muscles from time to time...- And who can forget the imperial powers flexing their muscles - Mussolini's Italy invading Ethiopia, Hitler's Germany making its territorial advances in Europe.
- History often provides an opportunity for political outfits to flex their muscles and resort to a show of pomp to impress a wavering rank and file.
- Committees are also flexing their muscles in ways ministers are struggling to predict.
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