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单词 poacher turned gamekeeper
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poacher turned gamekeeper

chiefly British Someone who now protects the interests they previously attacked: in the clearest case ever of poacher turned gamekeeper, the brewers are joining together in a crusade against alcohol abuse...
  • I suppose it is a case of poacher turned gamekeeper.
  • In recent years, Bahabadin's own people have rushed in to dig up artifacts, until Bahabadin himself was hired to stop the looting - the poacher turned gamekeeper.
  • He was a successful Merchant Venturer and when in 1613 he was appointed surveyor-general of the customs, it was a case of poacher turned gamekeeper.
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