英语词汇“to keep the bastards honest”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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to keep the bastards honest

b. Australian. to keep the bastards honest: to ensure that politicians behave fairly and openly, and are accountable for their actions.Originally used as a slogan by Don Chipp (1925–2006), leader of the Australian Democrats, with allusion to the party's aim to hold the balance of power in the Australian Senate.

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1980 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 2 ‘Keep the bastards honest’ is a good catch cry. So is participatory democracy, which is another Australian Democrat cry.

2017 S. Burnett Times & Rural Weekly (Queensland) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 40 Let's make all seats marginal. We can't keep the bastards honest, so let's make them nervous.

extracted from honestadj.adv.

as lemmas

单词	to keep the bastards honest
释义	> as lemmas to keep the bastards honest b. Australian. to keep the bastards honest: to ensure that politicians behave fairly and openly, and are accountable for their actions.Originally used as a slogan by Don Chipp (1925–2006), leader of the Australian Democrats, with allusion to the party's aim to hold the balance of power in the Australian Senate. ΚΠ 1980 Canberra Times 9 Oct. 2 ‘Keep the bastards honest’ is a good catch cry. So is participatory democracy, which is another Australian Democrat cry. 2017 S. Burnett Times & Rural Weekly (Queensland) (Nexis) 8 Sept. 40 Let's make all seats marginal. We can't keep the bastards honest, so let's make them nervous. extracted from honestadj.adv. < as lemmas
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