| 单词 | a stick to beat with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa stick to beat (a person, etc.) with P4. a stick to beat (a person, etc.) with and variants: a fact, situation, argument, etc., which can be used to criticize or damage (a person, group, or cause). ΚΠ 1653 D. Osborne Lett. to Sir W. Temple (2002) 111 What reason have I to furnish you with a stick to beat my selfe withall. a1740 A. Pope Minor Poems (1954) 196 Parnell..Will venture it now—you have no Stick to beat him. 1882 Sat. Rev. 2 Sept. 298/2 They want a stick with which to beat the Church. 1928 D. H. Lawrence in Evening News 8 May 8/4 The last stupid stick with which the old can beat the young. 1962 Listener 5 Apr. 597/2 Israel has sometimes been just another stick with which the Arabs beat each other. 2016 Cape Argus (Nexis) 16 Jan. 20 Some politicians are already seeking to use these unlooked for privileges as a stick with which to beat people. < as lemmas |
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