| 释义 |
to the wind (s) (or the four winds)1In all directions: my little flock scatters to the four winds...- When they have finished their final reports on their internships, the four women are planning to scatter to the four winds.
- All our children are being split up and scattered to the four winds.
- I slammed on the brakes and this group of youths, which included girls, just scattered to the four winds.
1.1So as to be abandoned or neglected: I threw my friends' advice to the winds...- Yet when the temperatures go through the roof at home we tend to throw caution to the wind and abandon ourselves to the damaging rays.
- Here's a flick that throws all caution to the wind and winds up being truly a unique moviegoing experience.
- One day many years ago, some friends of mine and I threw caution to the wind and attended a secret, forbidden event.
From ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds’ (Milton's Paradise Lost) See parent entry: wind |