box oneself into a corner
动词 v.
英文释义
动词 v.
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To create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.
— Brüno was a case of diminishing returns, intermittently amusing but not nearly as bracing or funny as Borat—it didn’t help that Brüno was the most thinly conceived of all his Da Ali G Show characters—and the lead-up to Baron Cohen’s new comedy, The Dictator, made it look like he’d boxed himself into a corner.
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