| 词汇 | drive a coach and horses through something |
| 释义 | Idiom drive a coach and horses through somethingdrive a coach and horses through (something) British if someone drives a coach and horses through a rule, an opinion, a plan, or a tradition, they destroy it by doing something against it which it is too weak to prevent.His company drove a coach and horses through employment legislation.She produced statistics which drove a coach and horses through the chairman's argument. drive a coach and horses through (something)To expose the flaws in something, such as a statement, argument, or belief. Primarily heard in UK. The suspect had said he wasn't there that night but then drove a coach and horses through that idea with today's contradictory statement. drive a coach and horses through somethingmainly BRITISHIf you drive a coach and horses through an agreement or an established way of doing something, you destroy it or change it completely. The judgment appeared to drive a coach and horses through the Hague agreement. Ministers are driving a coach and horses through the plans. drive a coach and ˈhorses through somethingsucceed in avoiding certain rules, conditions, etc. in an obvious and important way, without being punished: The wage increase we’ve been given is three times the government’s limit. We’ve driven a coach and horses right through their pay policy. |
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