| 释义 |
hit the buffersBritish Come to a sudden unsuccessful end: his world championship campaign looked as if it had hit the buffers...- Bradford & Bingley's dogged pursuit of Macclesfield for the play-off place in the National League finally hit the buffers on Saturday.
- A city centre shop opened amid high hopes by the National Railway Museum less than two years ago has hit the buffers.
- Plans to run Eurostar train services from York to Paris have finally hit the buffers.
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