英语单词“be on your beam ends”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
be on your beam ends
释义
be on your beam ends
idiomUKold-fashionedinformalto beclosetocompletefailureordestruction:When wereturnedtocampwefoundthem ontheirbeamends,sickandstarving.Thechurchis onitsbeamendsand can nolongerbe relied on as asponsorof thearts.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesFailing and doing badly- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be running on emptyidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- flub
- founder
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
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