go to the mat 的定义
- Fight until one side or another is victorious, as in The governor said he'd go to the mat for this bill. This term comes from wrestling and evokes the holding of an opponent when both contestants are down on the mat, the padded floor-covering used in matches. It has been used figuratively since about 1900.
go to the mat 近义词
等同于 come to grips with
更多go to the mat例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Everywhere I go, ‘Hey Cartman, you must like Family Guy, right?’
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Luckily enough I have this dedicated flat that is just along from my house that I go to every day.
- The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.
- Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
- When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
- Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?