| 词汇 | war horses |
| 释义 | (redirected from war horses)war horseSomeone or something who is often depended on to do what is necessary to achieve success, especially in the face of conflict or during difficult times. Though it has struggled in its various other enterprises, the massive corporation still saw a rise in profits at the end of the year thanks to its powerhouse video game console, which has been something of a war horse for it in the past four years. The first goal of the game was scored by the home team's war horse, Jack Milan. You can tell there's been a dearth of new plays worth producing when the national theater company begins putting on shows of their old war horses like Romeo and Juliet and A Streetcar Named Desire. war horseAlso, old war horse. A dependable, frequently performed attraction, as in The opera company is doing nothing but old war horses this season, like, Aida and La Bohème. This term originated in the mid-1600s for a military charger that had been through many battles. In the 1800s it began to be used for human veterans, and in the mid-1900s for popular productions, especially of musical works. |
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