| 单词 | take the fifth |
| 释义 | take the FifthRefuse to answer on the grounds that one may incriminate oneself, as in He took the Fifth on so many of the prosecutor's questions that we're sure he's guilty. This idiom refers to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself or herself. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby take the Fifthtake the bull by the horns, take the cake, take the edge off, take the fall, take the field, take the Fifth, take the floor, take the heat, take the initiative, take the law into one's hands, take the liberty of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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