词汇 | push at an open door |
释义 | Idiom push at an open door to achieve what you want easily because a lot of people agree with you or help you.The campaigners are pushing at an open door because most local residents support their campaign against the new road. (usually in continuous tenses)push at an open doorTo easily achieve victory or a desired outcome because it is supported by a majority of people. The area was so entrenched by separatists that the incoming soldiers ended up pushing on an open door. Many assumed that the candidate's seemingly outlandish views would be quickly and decisively dismissed by the population, but it turns out that, in many parts of the country, he was pushing at an open door. push at (or against) an open doorhave no difficulty in accomplishing a task; fail to realize how easy something is. |
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