| 单词 | poacher turned gamekeeper |
| 释义 | poacher turned gamekeepersomeone whosebehaviouris now the same as that he or shepreviouslyopposed: He is theepitomeof apoacherturnedgamekeeper. Oncecommanderof thewhalingstation, he now devotes hisenergytosavingthewhaleand othermarinelifeof thearea. Taking action against people in power
poacher turned gamekeepersomeone whoopposedpeopleinauthorityin the past but who now has apositionofauthoritythemselves 当年造反今天掌权的人 Examplesofpoacher turned gamekeeperpoacher turned gamekeeper With a bit of luck, we may receive some advice later from ourpoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is fascinating to see him giving the splendid impression of thepoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am now in the position ofpoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been called apoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in the position of thepoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no doubts as to her skills, not least because her appointment would be a case of ‘poacherturnedgamekeeper’. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It is rather less of judge and jury than perhapspoacherturnedgamekeeper; and who better than a former employee to do that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is embarrassing to find oneselfpoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What better watchdog for the public could we have than apoacherturnedgamekeeper? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is rather apoacherturnedgamekeeper, which will probably be my last reference to either agriculture or the environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was rather more than a matter ofpoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very unusual experience for me to follow apoacherturnedgamekeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have come to the conclusion that the only thing more dangerous than apoacherturnedgamekeeperis a gamekeeper who goes back to poaching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not apoacherturnedgamekeeper, but a poacher in gamekeeper's clothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not merely a reformedpoacherturnedgamekeeper; he is simultaneously both. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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