| 单词 | cut/give somebody some slack |
| 释义 | cut/give somebody some slackcut/give somebody some slack spoken to allow someone to do something without criticizing them or making it more difficult 放某人一马，饶了某人 Hey, cut me some slack, man. I’m only a few bucks short. 嘿，饶了我吧，老兄，我就差了几块钱嘛。 Examples from the Corpus cut/give somebody some slack• She played the fish, gave it some slack and let it run till it hesitated, then slowly drew it back.• Hey, cut me some slack, man, I'm only a few bucks short.• The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack. → cut/give somebody some slack at slack2(2) |
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