单词 | to give a bloody nose |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person, thing, etc.) a bloody nose i. to give (a person, thing, etc.) a bloody nose: to inflict a resounding defeat on a person. ΚΠ 1943 Evening Despatch 25 Oct. 1/3 They did not yield an inch of ground in a very severe rout of fighting, and at points they battled forward. ‘On each occasion we gave them a bloody nose,’ a military observer said to-day. 1970 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 1 369 A segment of the Maronite clergy..succeeded in dealing the system a bloody nose in the 1820s. 1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 8/1 In 1972 and 1974, they had given Edward Heath a very bloody nose. 2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon li. 805 Our air force and our American friends have given their air force a very bloody nose. We've killed over thirty of their aircraft with only four losses. < as lemmas |
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