| 单词 | in the middle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the middle c. slang (originally U.S.). in the middle: in a difficult, dangerous, or untenable position; in trouble. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position between the beetle and the block1590 between two fires1885 (crushed, etc.) between the upper and the nether millstones1902 between a rock and a hard place1921 in the middle1930 1930 Amer. Mercury Dec. 457/1 What's the idea? Trying to put me in the middle with the law? 1943 R. Chandler Lady in Lake (1944) xxxiv. 179 The other guy could have knocked him out to put him in the middle. 1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. xvi. 217 I still don't like it. How d'ya know he's not leaving us in the middle? 1972 J. Burmeister Running Scared x. 131 I am the man in the middle. If your note giving my location should go astray..I could quietly starve to death. 1982 ‘L. Cody’ Bad Company xvii. 119 Why do I always get caught in the middle? in the middle d. Cricket. in the middle: in the centre of the pitch, esp. at the wicket. ΚΠ 1958 J. C. Cunningham Let. 27 May in M. Williams Way to Lord's (1983) xii. 242 Some early season practice in the middle. 1976 Ld. A. F. Douglas-Home Way Wind Blows ii. 32 I remember one day when I had been scratching about in the middle for an interminable time, he came up to me and said, ‘For God's sake, sir, if you must miss—do it in style.’ 1982 M. Brearley Phoenix from Ashes vi. 89/1 Back in the middle, neither Alderman nor Lillee swung the ball at all. 1994 Wisden Cricket Monthly June 40/1 I've always believed that there's nothing which can better half-an-hour in the middle. < as lemmas |
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