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单词 behind the eight ball
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behind the eight ball
b. behind the eight ball, at a disadvantage; ‘snookered’.
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1932Behind the 8-ball [see sense a].
1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) 12 You get signing checks for prospects down at the country club, and you wind up behind the eight-ball.
1944 N.Y. Herald 24 Sept. (Bk. Review) 12/4 An attempt to describe what makes the drawings funny lands you behind the eight ball.
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