in a bind 的定义
- Also, in a box or hole or jam or tight corner or tight spot. In a difficult, threatening, or embarrassing position; also, unable to solve a dilemma. For example, He's put us in a bind: we can't refuse, but at the same time we can't fill the order, or Jim's in a box; he can't afford to pay what he owes us, or He quit without giving notice and now we're really in a hole, or We always end up in a jam during the holiday season, or He's in a tight corner with those new customers, or We'll be in a tight spot unless we can find another thousand dollars. All these colloquial terms allude to places from which one can't easily extricate oneself. The phrase using bind was first recorded in 1851; box, 1865; jam, 1914; tight spot, 1852. Also see in a fix.
in a bind 近义词
等同于 late
等同于 tardy
更多in a bind例句
- ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
- This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
- Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
- Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
- Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
- Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
- He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
- All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
- Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
- The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.