| 词汇 | have back to the wall |
| 释义 | Idiom have back to the wallhave (your) back against/to the wall to have very serious problems which limit the ways in which you can act.With rising labour costs, industry has its back to the wall.When his back was against the wall he became very aggressive. have (one's) back to the wallTo be in a bad or high-pressure situation in which one's choice or ability to act is limited. She really has her back to the wall now that creditors are coming after her for more money than she makes. have one's back to the wallFig. to be in a defensive position. He'll have to give in. He has his back to the wall. How can I bargain when I've got my back to the wall? |
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