| 词汇 | cut one's throat |
| 释义 | Idiom cut one's (own) throat Theme: HARM [for someone] to experience certain failure; to do damage to someone. (Informal.)If I were to run for office, I'd just be cutting my throat.Judges who take bribes are cutting their own throats. cut (someone's) throatTo bring about or be the cause of someone's ruin, downfall, or failure. That discount supermarket is cutting our throats, there's no way we can compete with their prices! Jim set out to cut his brother's throat after finding out that he'd been swindled. cut one's (own) throatFig. [for someone] to bring about one's (own) failure. If I were to run for office, I'd just be cutting my throat. Judges who take bribes are cutting their own throats. cut someone's throat1. Be the means of someone's ruin, as in Joe would cut her throat if she got in his way. One can also cut one's own throat, that is, spoil one's own chances, as in Alice cut her own throat by her repeated absences. This hyperbolic term alludes to actual murder (or suicide). [c. 1500] 2. cut one another's throats. Engage in destructive competition. For example, With their price war the two stores were cutting each other's throats. This usage gave rise, by 1880, to the idiom cutthroat competition, for vicious competitive practices. |
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