单词 | sail close to the wind |
释义 | sail close to the windsail close to the wind British EnglishBrERISK to do or say something that is nearly wrong, illegal, or dishonest 近乎违法;几乎逾规;近乎说谎 Examples from the Corpus sail close to the wind• They had quite a reputation for sailing close to the wind.• With his own property, it was perhaps easier too for a baron to take risks or sail close to the wind. → sail close to the wind at sail1(1) |
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