the long arm of somebody/something

written the power of someone or something that has authority, especially to catch and punish someone 某人/某事物的权力[权威]〔尤指逮捕和惩罚某人的权力〕

He won’t escape the long arm of the law.

法网恢恢，他插翅难逃。

Examples from the Corpus

the long arm of somebody/something• Roy tries an overhead pass, but the long arm of a Stanford player plucks it out of the air.• How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence?• The old woman has turned into the long arm of her family.• Oct-11a is located in a region of mouse chromosome 9 homologous with the long arm of human chromosome 11.• I managed two months at large before I felt the long arm of the law on my shoulder once again.

→ the long arm of somebody/something at long1(3)

单词	the long arm of somebody/something
释义	the long arm of somebody/something the long arm of somebody/something written the power of someone or something that has authority, especially to catch and punish someone 某人/某事物的权力[权威]〔尤指逮捕和惩罚某人的权力〕 He won’t escape the long arm of the law. 法网恢恢，他插翅难逃。 Examples from the Corpus the long arm of somebody/something• Roy tries an overhead pass, but the long arm of a Stanford player plucks it out of the air.• How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence?• The old woman has turned into the long arm of her family.• Oct-11a is located in a region of mouse chromosome 9 homologous with the long arm of human chromosome 11.• I managed two months at large before I felt the long arm of the law on my shoulder once again. → the long arm of somebody/something at long1(3)
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