red line
noun[C]
uk/ˌred ˈlaɪn/us/ˌred ˈlaɪn/alimitbeyond which someone'sbehaviouris nolongeracceptable:
红线Thepirateshadcrossedaredline, and there would be no giving in totheirdemands.海盗们已经越过了红线,不能对他们的要求做出让步。
Limiting and restricting
- anti-libertarian
- boundary
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- chain
- chainsomeonetosomething
- cramp
- crowd
- curb
- curtail
- curtailment
- damage limitation
- hamstring
- keep (herself) toherselfidiom
- limit
- limitation
- limiting
- localize
- straitjacket
- tempered
- tiesomeonedown