西方文化喻指
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26.把某人摆平

[词语]to leave sb. flat

[含义]突然丢下某人离开;把某人驳得哑口无言

[趣释]【物事喻指】在拳击(boxing)中,双方经过一番激烈的较量角逐之后,获胜一方把失败一方打倒,使其直挺挺地躺在地上,再无招架之功,把对方彻底摆平,然后丢下他离开。后来,人们用拳击比赛中“把某人摆平”(to leave sb. flat)喻指突然丢下某人离开,把某人驳得哑口无言。

[运用]He buzzed off, leaving me flat.他匆匆走了,丢下我一个人。

Yau might miss if you leave me flat on this deal. 如果你撒下我,你可能会失去这桩交易。

Then they both chuckled and left him flat. 然后他们笑了笑,丢下他走了。

Chris found that being a member of that group was a lot of hard work, so he left them flat.克里斯发现做那个小组成员是很辛苦的事,所以他一声不吭就走了。