英语词汇“kick something into touch (or into the long grass)”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

kick something into touch (or into the long grass)

British informal Reject, dismiss, or invalidate something: his modest request for £300,000 in public investment was kicked into touch by the Arts Council a football star has won his legal battle to get a driving conviction kicked into touch...

It can't have come as a great shock to Sharp that his application was kicked into touch.
But now a report from consultants has kicked the proposals into touch, forcing Mr Branston to abandon one of his big ideas.
A five-year battle to introduce protection for employees who blow the whistle on companies engaged in malpractice ended last week when the government effectively kicked the measure into touch.

With reference to rugby, the ball in touch being out of play

See parent entry: kick

单词	kick something into touch (or into the long grass)
释义	kick something into touch (or into the long grass) British informal Reject, dismiss, or invalidate something: his modest request for £300,000 in public investment was kicked into touch by the Arts Council a football star has won his legal battle to get a driving conviction kicked into touch... It can't have come as a great shock to Sharp that his application was kicked into touch. But now a report from consultants has kicked the proposals into touch, forcing Mr Branston to abandon one of his big ideas. A five-year battle to introduce protection for employees who blow the whistle on companies engaged in malpractice ended last week when the government effectively kicked the measure into touch. With reference to rugby, the ball in touch being out of play See parent entry: kick
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