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词汇 blow something sky-high
释义
Idiom
blow something sky-highblow (something) sky-high
to make something that someone is trying to achieve fail completely, often by telling people something which should have been a secret.
He blew the whole deal sky-high by telling the newspapers about it.

blow (something) sky-high

1. Literally, to destroy something through an explosion. The tanks blew the enemy fortress sky-high.
2. To undermine or negate something completely. I thought I had finally discovered the problem with our experiment, but, when we tested it, the results blew my theory sky-high. Bob was considered for the promotion, but he blew that idea sky-high when he came in late to work each day this week.

blow something sky-high

If someone or something blows someone's plan or intention sky-high, they cause it to fail completely. If Diana breathes a word of this to Mills, it could blow the whole scheme sky-high.

blow something sky-high

destroy something completely in an explosion. informal

blow somebody/something ˌsky-ˈhigh

(informal) destroy somebody/something completely in an explosion: The explosives factory was blown sky-high when one of the workers lit a match.
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