单词 | thin blue line |
释义 | > as lemmasthin blue line g. thin red line: see red line n. 2. Similarly thin blue line: a line of policemen, esp. one which holds back a surging crowd; also transferred, the defensive barrier of the law. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > line of thin blue line1962 1962 Sunday Times 16 Dec. 17/2 (caption) The ‘thin blue line’ at an anti-nuclear demonstration. 1970 G. Jackson Let. 17 Apr. in Soledad Brother (1971) 222 You've heard the patronizing shit about the thin blue line that protects property and the owners of property. 1979 ‘M. Underwood’ Smooth Justice ii. 45 The sort of protection we can give..isn't even a thin blue line. < as lemmas |
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