| 词汇 | poacher-turned-gamekeeper |
| 释义 | poacher turned gamekeeperidiom someone whose behaviour is now the same as that he or she previously opposed: 当年造反今天掌权的人 He is the epitome of a poacher turned gamekeeper. Once commander of the whaling station, he now devotes his energy to saving the whale and other marine life of the area. Examples of poacher turned gamekeeperpoacher turned gamekeeper With a bit of luck, we may receive some advice later from our poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is fascinating to see him giving the splendid impression of the poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am now in the position of poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been called a poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in the position of the poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no doubts as to her skills, not least because her appointment would be a case of ‘poacherturnedgamekeeper’. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is rather less of judge and jury than perhaps poacherturnedgamekeeper; and who better than a former employee to do that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is embarrassing to find oneself poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What better watchdog for the public could we have than a poacherturnedgamekeeper? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is rather a poacherturnedgamekeeper, which will probably be my last reference to either agriculture or the environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was rather more than a matter of poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very unusual experience for me to follow a poacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have come to the conclusion that the only thing more dangerous than a poacherturnedgamekeeper is a gamekeeper who goes back to poaching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not a poacherturnedgamekeeper, but a poacher in gamekeeper's clothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not merely a reformed poacherturnedgamekeeper; he is simultaneously both. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of poacher turned gamekeeper These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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