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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | take a kicking,
suffer a kicking v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (be defeated) | 失败
shī bài | | | | 失利
shī lì | | | The prime minister's party took a kicking in the local elections. | take a kicking,
suffer a kicking v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative, informal (be heavily criticized) | 被严厉指责
| | | | 被强烈批评
| | | He's taken a real kicking in the tabloids for his extra-marital affairs. |
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