| 单词 | walk the plank |
| 释义 | walk the plankBe forced to resign, as in We were sure that Ted hadn't left of his own accord; he'd walked the plank. This metaphoric idiom alludes to a form of execution used in the 17th century, mainly by pirates, whereby a victim was forced to walk off the end of a board placed on the edge of the ship's deck and so drown. [Second half of 1800s] Words nearby walk the plankwalkover, walkshorts, walk socks, walk tall, walk the floor, walk the plank, walk-through, walk-through angina, walk-up, Walküre, Die, walkway 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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