| 词汇 | hatchet job |
| 释义 | Idiom hatchet job informal strong and unfair criticism of someone or something, especially on television or in a newspaper.She did a real hatchet job on his latest novel in one of the Sunday papers. hatchet job noun an unwarranted and harshly critical attack on someone's or something's reputation UK, 1944hatchet jobA very critical attack on someone or something, especially through media outlets. The movie critic did a real hatchet job on the new film in last week's paper. a hatchet jobINFORMALA hatchet job is strong, unfair, often public criticism which harms someone's reputation. Note: A hatchet is a small axe. The reporter set out to do a hatchet job on him and succeeded. The rest of the article is basically a hatchet job on the minister. Note: This expression may relate to violent gang warfare in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. See explanation at `a hatchet man'. a ˈhatchet job (on somebody/something)(informal) strong criticism that is unfair or intended to harm somebody/something: The press did a very effective hatchet job on her last movie.In the past in the US, a hatchet man was a person who was paid to kill somebody, often using a hatchet (= a small axe). A hatchet job was originally therefore a murder. |
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