| 单词 | to drive into a corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto drive into a corner b. to drive into a corner: to force into a difficult position from which there is no escape; to drive into straits; to put in a ‘fix’ or in a ‘tight place’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation > force into an inescapable position to drive (also push) to the wall1546 to drive into a corner1548 corner1841 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > force into a difficult situation to tie to the stake1544 fix1736 to set up1747 corner1824 to drive into a corner1861 bunker1930 to get or have (a person) by the short and curlies1948 to box (a person, esp. oneself) into a corner1955 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOii All..carnall temptacions..ben suppressed, & in maner driuen to a corner.] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlvij To the intent that his armie should not bee included in a streight or driuen to a corner. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Angler, to shut vp in a corner, bring into a strait. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner vii. 115 ‘I don't want to act the constable,’ said the farrier, driven into a corner by this merciless reasoning. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxxvi. 282 He had been driven into a corner by the pertinacious ingenuity of Miss French. < as lemmas |
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