straw in the wind

风中的稻草风中的秸秆风中的麦秆风中的麦秸

straw in the wind 的定义

  1. A small sign that hints of something that is about to happen: “It is difficult to tell whether the new regime will relax censorship, although a recent remark by the minister of culture may be a straw in the wind.”

straw in the wind 近义词

n. 名词 noun

indication of coming event

更多straw in the wind例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
  5. This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
  6. There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
  7. Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
  8. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  9. But there was a breeze blowing, a choppy, stiff wind that whipped the water into froth.
  10. The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.