单词 | my way or the highway |
释义 | > as lemmasmy way or the highway g. colloquial (originally U.S.). my way or the highway: used to assert the view that there is no alternative but to accept the speaker’s opinions, rules, policies, etc., apart from leaving. ΚΠ 1969 Daily News (Huntingdon, Pa.) 9 Aug. 5/1 Lombardi was screaming at a big lineman: ‘It's my way or the highway.’ 1972 G. Scott-Heron Nigger Factory 257 I have a saying for students on my campus. It says: ‘My way or the highway!’ 1993 D. Irvin Behind Bench xix. 311 He took the attitude that it would be his way or the highway. A lot of guys weren't too thrilled. 2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 165 Come on, you slackjaws, show some moxie! I'm not running a kindergarten here! Ship up or shape out! My way or the highway! < as lemmas |
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