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a rod in pickle |
| 释义 |
a rod in pickle a rod in pickleobsolete A punishment or retaliation kept in store for future use. The prime minister insisted that Britain had a rod in pickle for any nation that dared encroach upon its sovereign borders in force.See also: pickle, roda rod in pickle a punishment in store. In pickle means ‘preserved ready for future use’. This form, which dates from the mid 17th century, has superseded an earlier mid 16th-century variant a rod in piss .See also: pickle, rod |
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