英语词汇“to drive a coach and horses through”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. to drive a coach and horses through and variants: to make something ineffective, esp. a law, policy, etc., typically by exploiting its loopholes.

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1691 W. King State Protestants of Ireland 63 He was..often heard to say..that he would drive a Coach and Six Horses through the Act of Settlement.

1797 Henry Somerville II. xvi. 14 There never was an act of parliament made but a good whip could drive a coach and six through it.

1882 F. Pollock in Macmillan's Mag. 46 364 The art of driving a coach and four through an Act of Parliament was then practised with far more boldness than is possible now.

1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 75/5 They tried to drive a coach and horses through the situation and, as far as I'm concerned, justice has been done.

2020 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Mar. 39 Clever barristers can drive a coach-and-four through the thickets of the law.

单词	to drive a coach and horses through
释义	> as lemmas to drive a coach and horses through b. to drive a coach and horses through and variants: to make something ineffective, esp. a law, policy, etc., typically by exploiting its loopholes. ΚΠ 1691 W. King State Protestants of Ireland 63 He was..often heard to say..that he would drive a Coach and Six Horses through the Act of Settlement. 1797 Henry Somerville II. xvi. 14 There never was an act of parliament made but a good whip could drive a coach and six through it. 1882 F. Pollock in Macmillan's Mag. 46 364 The art of driving a coach and four through an Act of Parliament was then practised with far more boldness than is possible now. 1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 75/5 They tried to drive a coach and horses through the situation and, as far as I'm concerned, justice has been done. 2020 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 Mar. 39 Clever barristers can drive a coach-and-four through the thickets of the law. extracted from coachn.adv. < as lemmas
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