| 单词 | on the sidelines |
| 释义 | on the sidelinesObserving rather than taking part, out of the action, as in Bolivia's neighbors remained on the sidelines, waiting to see which faction in the dispute would prevail. This idiom comes from sports. The sidelines are the two lines defining the sides of the court or playing field and the area immediately beyond them where, in such sports as football, the non-playing team members sit. [First half of 1900s] Words nearby on the sidelineson the safe side, on the same wavelength, on-the-scene, on the shelf, on the side, on the sidelines, on the side of the angels, on the skids, on the sly, on-the-spot, on the spur of the moment 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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