on the ropes

在绳索上在绳子上在绳索上的在绳子上的

on the ropes 的定义

  1. On the verge of defeat or collapse, helpless, as in They acknowledged that their campaign was on the ropes, and they could not possibly win the election. This expression, alluding to a boxer forced back to the ropes of the ring and leaning against them for support, has been used figuratively since the mid-1900s.

on the ropes 近义词

on the ropes

等同于 enervated

更多on the ropes例句

  1. Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
  2. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  3. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  4. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  5. You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
  8. Below the round thing hung a square basket, with many ropes, and other things, fast to it.
  9. Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
  10. I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.