词汇 | hang-out-to-dry |
释义 | hang someone out to dryidiom disapproving to allow someone to be punished, criticized, or made to suffer in a way that is unfair, without trying to help them: They felt they had been hung out to dry by their employers. He said, "We will not let the media hang this man out to dry." Unhelpful and Uncooperative awkward awkwardly awkwardness balky deterrent non-cooperation non-cooperative obstructionism obstructionist obstructive pre-emptive stiflingly stultifying stultifyingly unaccommodating uncooperativeness under your feetidiom unforthcoming unhelpful unhelpfully You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly |
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