单词 | armchair ride |
释义 | > as lemmasarmchair ride armchair ride n. colloquial (originally Horse Racing) a smooth and easy victory, passage, or accomplishment. ΚΠ 1898 Daily Mail 19 Sept. 6/1 This Kingsclere ex-plater..giving M. Cannon an arm-chair ride in the Cottenham Nursery. 1939 Times 10 Feb. 5/1 Mr. R. Black..had almost an armchair ride on Venturesome Knight to win the Friary Hunters' Steeplechase. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Nov. 4/2 [He] expects an arm chair ride into leadership after Sir John retires. 2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Feb. iii. 123 Playing with the sort of quick ball that our forwards provided makes it an armchair ride. < as lemmas |
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