| 单词 | blood on the carpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblood on the carpet (also floor) u. figurative. blood on the carpet (also floor) and variants: intense or aggressive confrontation or dispute; the aftermath or damage resulting from such confrontation. ΚΠ 1951 Independent Jrnl. (San Rafael, Calif.) 5 Sept. 12/1 Admiral William M Fechteler..says the day will come when ‘there'll be blood on the floor’ from some bitter dispute over policy with the chiefs of the Army and Air Force. 1984 Times 1 Dec. 23/1 The last thing I want now is blood on the boardroom carpet. 2001 Time 17 Sept. 47/2 There is still blood on the floor from Compaq's semidigested merger with server and storage company Digital Equipment Corp. 2010 T. Bale Conservative Party v. 231 Labour's Conference kicked off, as usual, amid predictions..that this year there really would be blood on the carpet (most of it Blair's). < as lemmas |
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