单词 | a heartbeat away |
释义 | > as lemmasa heartbeat away a heartbeat away: separated by the barest margin or interval; spec. (U.S.) with reference to the succession of the vice president to supreme office in the event of the serving president’s death. ΚΠ 1894 Independent (N.Y.) 2 Mar. 3/3 The things seen are temporal but the things not seen are eternal, and they are only a few heartbeats away. 1920 H. Johnson in New Castle (Pa.) News 9 June 9/2 Any reports that I am to take second place on the Republican ticket..[are] just another suggestion..of some of my ‘friends’ who do not believe I am fit to be president, but want to place me just a heart beat away from the president. 1939 N.Y. Times 25 June (Book Review section) 5/5 Where is the pervasive melancholy that was hardly a heartbeat away from this boisterous laughter? 1968 Jet 3 Oct. 14 It remains to be seen whether the people will elect a Negro to any statewide office, let alone only a heartbeat away from the governor's office. 1992 Time 20 Jan. 14/1 The brief fainting spell brought to the fore concerns about the President's health and reminded voters that Dan Quayle remains only a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. 2010 R. G. Zyne Malchus One Ear 121 Strangely, this calm bothered Daniel. He knew in his gut that chaos was just a heartbeat away. < as lemmas |
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