单词 | put sb out of their misery |
释义 | put sb out of their miseryphrase See full dictionary entry for miseryIf you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know. [informal] Please put me out of my misery. How do you do it? put someone out of their miseryto end a situation which is causing someone to suffer Almost 1,000 British school leavers awaiting exam results were today put out of theirmisery. to deliberately kill a person who is suffering, for example because they have an illness that cannot be cured He told police he had killed her as an act of mercy to put her out of her misery. to kill an animal because it is very old or sick, or because it is badly injured I carry medicines to relieve sick and injured animals. Some are in such pain thatI'm forced to put them out of their misery. |
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