| 单词 | the wrong end of the stick |
| 释义 | stick1 /stik/noun
ORIGIN: OE sticca; ON stika stickˈful noun (printing) As much as a composing stick holds stick force noun (aeronautics) The force exerted on the control column by the pilot when applying aileron or elevator control stickˈhandle intransitive verb To control the puck or ball in a game played with a stick stickˈhandling noun stick insect noun A twiglike phasmid insect stickˈleader noun The leader of a stick of paratroops stick shift noun (N American) A hand-operated gear mechanism in a motor vehicle stickˈwork noun Skill in using one's stick in any game played with one beat to sticks To defeat and surpass utterly carrot and stick see under carrot give someone stick (informal) To subject someone to censure or abuse in a cleft stick In a dilemma the big stick Force, coercion the right (or wrong) end of the stick A true (or mistaken) understanding of the situation the sticks (informal) Rural areas, the backwoods up sticks (informal) To move, go and live somewhere else, make off up the stick (slang) Pregnant |
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