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词汇 from-pillar-to-post
释义

from pillar to post


idiom
If someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another: 四处奔走,到处奔波
My parents were always on the move and so my childhood was spent being dragged from pillar to post.父母总是不停地搬家,所以我的童年是在四处迁移中度过的。
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Examples of from pillar to post


from pillar to post
Idioms have been pushed frompillartopost in linguistic theory.
The more they are chivvied frompillartopost, the greater the sense of isolation, and the greater the nuisance they become.
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In this inquiry we have heard from victims sent frompillartopost.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Constituents are sent frompillartopost trying to exercise their rights and get satisfaction.
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He has been driven frompillartopost.
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This avoids people being pushed frompillartopost in trying to get something done.
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They are moved about ad hoc, frompillartopost.
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I entirely decline to be driven frompillartopost, and from compromise to compromise.
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For four months they have moved frompillartopost, taking such accommodation with such friends and acquaintances as will have them.
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The poor drunken corporation, pushed frompillartopost, has won the battle.
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They were pushed frompillartopost and not given information.
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The council moved illegal camps frompillartopost.
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She had, she said, been pushed frompillartopost.
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You ought not to ask them to go frompillartopost.
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My constituent has been pushed frompillartopost.
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