词汇 | shot across the bow |
释义 | Idiom shot across the bow a warning to stop doing something.The lawsuit is a shot across the bow to businesses that are competing unfairly. Etymology: based on the military practice of aiming a shot across the bow (= a small explosion in front of a ship) to force it to stop |
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