单词 | a rough/easy ride |
释义 | a rough/easy ride From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha rough/easy ridea rough/easy rideinformalUNPLEASANT if people give someone, especially someone in authority, a rough or an easy ride, they make a situation difficult or easy for themgave the prime minister a rough ride at the press conference. Journalists The chairman will face a rough ride from shareholders.have an easy ride when he gives his account of events. The president will not → rideExamples from the Corpusa rough/easy ride• Well, it's turned out not so badly, he thought, although it's been a rough ride.• He cheered Tory backbenchers, but they predicted that the Chancellor could also face a rough ride unless the plan works.• But history says Bill Clinton may be in for a rough ride.• Any member on a committee to which Karl Barth belonged had a rough ride.• Even after the Renaissance and the rebirth of learning had reached these shores ears were still having a rough ride. |
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