单词 | by a side door |
释义 | > as lemmasby (also through) a side door 2. figurative. An indirect, unofficial, or surreptitious means of accessing or achieving something. Chiefly in by (also through) a side door. Cf. backdoor n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > approach backstairs1641 postern1642 side door1852 back channel1968 1852 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 20 Feb. 4/6 That part of the Bill which relates to the change in the oaths to be taken by members, breaking down another Protestant principle, and letting in the Jews by a side door, would of course be scouted under any circumstances. 1885 ‘A Tory Democrat’ Scotl. at Gen. Election 8 He starts as an Orangeman, or a strong Churchman,..and reaches Toryism, as it were, by a side-door. 1921 Pacific Rev. Sept. 178 Life is full of these moral side doors. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 676/1 The proposed conference on Cambodia—an attempt to settle Vietnam through a side-door—may prove abortive. 1992 C. C. Carvounis & B. Z. Carvounis U.S. Trade & Investm. Lat. Amer. iv. 85 The gains the Japanese would realize by having this ‘side-door’ to American markets. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 22 May 46 Here, at last, the spirit of adventure seems to have sneaked in by a side door. < as lemmas |
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