单词 | carry the war into the enemy's camp |
释义 | > as lemmasto carry the war into the enemy's camp P10. to carry the war into the enemy's camp and variants: to attack a person or thing, rather than acting defensively; to go on the offensive against a person, organization, etc. Similarly to carry the war into Africa (chiefly U.S.).In quot. 1791 in metaphorical use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)] to lay ona1225 assailc1325 sailc1330 assemblea1375 to fall inc1384 to fall ona1387 givec1430 brunt1440 to set (all) on sevenc1440 to ding on1487 to fall down1534 offend1540 to go on1553 to give on?1611 to let fly1611 strikea1616 insult1638 to set on1670 aggress1708 to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791 hop over1929 1791 Gen. Evening Post 7 May Ministers..rightly thinking that it was a good military manœuvre, when pressed themselves, to carry the war into the enemy's country, seized on what he had said..and..strove to make it a topic of popular libel. 1827 Niles' Weekly Reg. 7 Apr. 97/2 The readers of the ‘Register’ will, I hope, excuse this repulsion of a gross assault. I feel able to defend myself, and to carry the war into an enemy's camp too, if I please. 1828 Reg. Deb. Congr. 4 i. 1315 I shall not..act in mere self-defence. I shall carry the war into Africa. 1835 R. J. Mackintosh Mem. Life Sir J. Mackinstosh I. 81 Nor was this production altogether defensive; the war was now and then carried into the enemy's quarters. 1927 L. P. Hartley in C. Asquith Black Cap 47 ‘I don't think Rollo is slow,’ remarked Jimmy, hoping to carry the war into her country. 1938 H. McCloy Dance of Death xx. 237 Her smile annoyed Basil. He carried the war into Africa. ‘Are you aware that M. Pasquale takes morphine?’ 2004 A. Lustig in A. Lustig et al. Darwinian Heresies iv. 69 They [sc. evolutionary biologists] also carry the war into the enemy's camp, aiming not only to safeguard their own work but also to vitiate the very underpinnings of religion. to carry the war into the enemy's camp (into Africa, etc.) c. to carry the war into the enemy's camp (into Africa, etc.): see carry v. Phrases 10. < as lemmas |
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