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词汇 open season on something
释义
Idiom
open season on something
Theme: HUNTING
unrestricted hunting of a particular game animal.
It's always open season on rabbits around here.Is it ever open season on deer?
Idiom
open season on somethingopen season (on someone/something)
a situation in which someone or something is criticized or treated unfairly.
City newspapers have declared open season on the mayor.She feels it's almost like someone has declared open season on anyone who looks like a foreigner.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of open season (= the time of year when hunting is legal)
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open season (on someone or something)

1. A period of unrestricted hunting on a particular type of animal. Because of the problems with overpopulation, the governor declared open season on deer across the entire state.
2. By extension, a situation or period of time in which someone or something is open to constant, unyielding criticism, scorn, or mistreatment. It's going to be open season if news of this scandal reaches the public. The president seems to be declaring open season on all politicians who disagree with his policies.

open season (on someone)

Fig. a period of time when everyone is criticizing someone. (Based on open season (on some creature).) It seems as if it's always open season on politicians. At the news conference, it was open season on the mayor.

open season

(on some creature) a time of unrestricted hunting of a particular game animal. It's always open season on rabbits around here.

open season on

A period of unrestrained criticism or attack on something or someone, as in During an election year it's open season on all officeholders. This expression alludes to the period during which one may legally hunt or fish. [Colloquial; c. 1900]

open season

COMMON If you say that it is open season on someone or something, you mean that a lot of people are criticizing or attacking them. It's been open season on bankers since the recession started. The press has long declared open season on the royals. Note: In hunting, the open season is the period of the year when it is legal to hunt particular types of animals or birds.
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