单词 | from the touchlines |
释义 | > as lemmasfrom (also on) the touchlines b. figurative, with reference to a position from which one is observing a situation rather than directly involved in it. Frequently in plural, esp. in from (also on) the touchlines. Cf. sideline n. 1c(b).Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action > part or position of sidelines1895 touchline1932 1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 46 The two-faced, the obscure and amazed, the touch-line admirers. 1944 H. C. O'Neill Tide Turns ii. 47 The attack..had opened a new and decisive phase and this was realized much more quickly by Rommel than the spectator on the touchlines. 1963 N. Hampson Social Hist. French Revol. iii. 68 During the crisis of 11th–15th July the Assembly therefore remained on the touch-lines. 1973 Nature 9 Nov. 108/2 From the touchlines the editor does, however, bias the issue by setting H. G. Haas's article on ‘Active Ion Transport’ immediately before that on the sinoatrial node. 2012 Express (Nexis) 13 Apr. 15 We British are a strange lot in many ways, as 50 years of watching from the touchline has taught me. < as lemmas |
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