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单词 to give a bloody nose
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to 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.
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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.
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