| 释义 |
one in the eye forA disappointment or setback for (someone or something): this success for Manchester is one in the eye for London...- It is certainly one in the eye for the Yorkshire Cricket Academy that a 26-year-old League player should be preferred to either of two cricketers who have both come through Yorkshire's finishing school.
- It's my parent's 43rd wedding anniversary today, which is one in the eye for those who said it wouldn't last.
- I have a proposal that will be one in the eye for those Fat Cats.
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