| 单词 | to drink the kool-aid |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drink the Kool-Aid 2. U.S. to drink the Kool-Aid. extracted from Kool-Aidn. a. To commit suicide. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (intransitive)] to commit suicide1712 suicide1840 to end it (all)1911 to take one's (own) life1920 to drink the Kool-Aid1978 1978 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 1 Dec. ii. 3/5 You know, basketball is such a part of me... And when it all stops, when it's all over? That's when you drink the Kool Aid. 2006 D. B. Frank Full of Grace xvi. 180 ‘I think if I found out I had it [sc. Alzheimer's disease], I'd drink the Kool-Aid. Seriously.’ ‘Don't say that! Suicide is a very serious—’ ‘I'm kidding, Mom!’ b. To demonstrate unquestioning obedience or loyalty. to drink the —— Kool-Aid (also to drink the Kool-Aid of ——): to support —— wholeheartedly; to commit unquestioningly to ——. ΚΠ 1981 A. Ginsberg in Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 20 Feb. 1/5 We are all being put in the place of the citizens of Jonestown, being told by our leaders to drink the Kool Aid of nuclear power. 1987 Washington Post 17 July a8 You don't follow anyone blindly... We love Marion Barry... But if Marion Barry disrespects us, we will cry out... We will not blindly drink the Kool-Aid any longer. 1996 Time 2 Sept. 28/2 He's like a cult leader... The client has to get in there, drink the Kool-Aid and look him in the eye. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 6 Oct. 80/3 A big reason people in this city were initially reluctant to drink the New Economy Kool-Aid was the sense that the digital revolution threatened our primacy in the national economy and culture. < as lemmas |
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