| 单词 | a sting in the tail |
| 释义 | a sting in the taila sting in the tail SURPRISEDif a story, event, or announcement has a sting in its tail, there is an unpleasant part at the end of it 〔指故事、事件、声明等的〕使人不快的结尾 Examples from the Corpus a sting in the tail• My stories from Lesbos seemed to carry a sting in the tail for both cultures.• An omelette of rumour, speculation and downright lies, with many a sting in the tail.• But there's a sting in the tail.• And there was a sting in the tail, he warned finally. → a sting in the tail at sting2(1) |
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