词汇 | in one fell swoop |
释义 | Idiom at one fell swoop and in one fell swoop Theme: SUDDENNESS in a single incident; as a single event. (This phrase preserves the old word fell, meaning "terrible" or "deadly")The party guests ate up all the snacks at one fell swoop.When the stock market crashed, many large fortunes were wiped out in one fell swoop. Idiom in one fell swoop if you do something at one fell swoop, you do everything you have to do at the same time.I'd prefer to do the paperwork in one fell swoop. At least then we know it's finished with. in one fell swoopAll at once, with a single decisive or powerful action. When the economy crashed, thousands lost their jobs, their homes, and their pensions in one fell swoop. one fell swoop, inAlso at one fell swoop. All at once, in a single action, as in This law has lifted all the controls on cable TV in one fell swoop. This term was used and probably invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (4:3), where the playwright likens the murder of Macduff's wife and children to a hawk swooping down on defenseless prey. Although fell here means "cruel" or "ruthless," this meaning has been lost in the current idiom, where it now signifies "sudden." in (or at) one fell swoopall in one go.This expression comes from Macduff's appalled reaction to the murder of his wife and children in Shakespeare's Macbeth: ‘Oh hell-kite!…All my pretty chickens, and their dam At one fell swoop?’ at/in one fell ˈswoopwith a single action or movement; all at the same time: Only a foolish politician would promise to lower the rate of inflation and reduce unemployment at one fell swoop. |
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