hang out to dry
基本解释
- 要打败某人或惩罚某人
- 把某人坑苦了
- 不赞成或不帮助某人
英汉例句
- Many families have set about laundering their salvaged clothes and bedding - all hanging out to dry on lines fixed to walls that remain standing.
许多家庭已经开始清洗他们被抢救的衣服和被褥，把它们挂在与保持竖立的墙壁相固定的绳索上晒干。
blog.sina.com.cn - Cole accused Arsenal of hanging him out to dry over the incident, with further criticism of the club in his soon-to-be published autobiography.
科尔指责阿森纳在这件事上把他挂出来晾干，并就此事在他即将出版的自传中进一步批评俱乐部。
bbs.arsenal.com.cn - By the same token, some residents will have no qualms about hanging their laundry out to dry outside the Louis Vuitton shop in Nanjing Road, for example.
这就不难理解有些市民会理直气壮地把自家的衣服晾在南京路的路易威登店门口。 - Whenever there is a lull in Suva's heavy tropical rains, every parked vehicle is festooned with clothes hanging out to dry.
ECONOMIST: The Pacific - Nor does he necessarily want to draw attention to the fact that an American icon, Chrysler, is now in the hands of a struggling Italian company, Fiat SpA, or as Romney and others might contend, that he gave preferential treatment to his friends at the United Auto Workers union, while hanging bondholders out to dry.
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