单词 | to get into bed with |
释义 | > as lemmasto get into bed with a. to get into bed with and variants: to form a close (esp. illicit, secret, or otherwise inappropriate) association with; to ally oneself with, to espouse the ideals of; (Business) to merge or undertake a joint venture with. ΚΠ 1885 N.Y. Times 20 Jan. 1/1 Congressman Burleigh..retorted,..‘I'm not ready to get into bed with Tom Platt yet awhile.’ 1925 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. 14/4 The Communists showed an inclination for climbing into bed with the Nationalists. 1954 Times 2 Aug. 6/7 Senator Dirksen excelled himself by declaring that Communists in little groups had ‘jumped into bed’ with Mr Flanders and that he was the tool of a sinister conspiracy. 1978 M. Watkins in Canad. Jrnl. Econ. 11 (Harry G. Johnson Memorial Symposium Suppl.) S111 He saw Canadian nationalists..[as] second-rate academics who mysteriously chose (even when proclaiming socialism) to get into bed with second-rate Canadian businessmen. 2001 Computer Music May 50/2 Evidence of this comes in the form of the flurry of software companies that are jumping into bed with established console manufacturers. < as lemmas |
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