| 单词 | to go out the window |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go (also be thrown, etc.) out (of) the window a. to go (also be thrown, etc.) out (of) the window: (of a plan or pattern of behaviour) to be discarded; to cease to be used or exist, to disappear. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (intransitive)] > be dismissed or rejected to go whistle1453 to go hanga1616 pluck1772 to be left in the basketa1845 to go (also be thrown, etc.) out (of) the window1913 to be out (of) the window1938 to get knotted1963 1913 Elem. School Teacher 13 368 Why, that special knowledge and practical knowledge would be thrown out of the window. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 6 July 4/1 As a guide, past experience went out the window early this year when the number of retirements suddenly increased. 1964 S. M. Miller in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 300 The concept of ‘unemployables’ was largely thrown out the window. 1969 G. Donaldson Fifteen Men xi. 184 ‘The Uncle Louis kissing babies went out of the window this afternoon’, said Green. 1983 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 17/4 The old message that it was good for weight watchers to eat a slice of cheese on a cream cracker has gone out of the window. 2011 Guardian 19 July (G2 section) 5/3 The result is that right and wrong go out of the window. < as lemmas |
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