| 释义 |
pull the rug (out) from underAbruptly withdraw support from (someone): the debts of major companies are too large for the banks to pull the rug...- More importantly, though, Russell's narrative pulls the rug from under us, changing our perceptions of all three characters.
- But yesterday he effectively pulled the rug from under them by introducing 19 per cent corporation tax levy on those profits.
- In both countries, it was the external patron whom the local regimes had relied on for protection that pulled the rug from under them.
See parent entry: rug |