hospital pass
名词 n.
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名词 n.
- A pass (for schools, military, etc.) exempting one from regular activities, to instead visit a hospital for treatment
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A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.)
— His first touch was horrid – a hospital pass to Juliano Belletti – but from that moment on his eye-catching football was wonderful to witness.
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a promotion or delegation which is likely to end in failure or ignominy; a poisoned chalice
— Having identified a problem, he took no action to deal with it. Lacking the courage of our convictions, he gave a hospital pass to the Bank of England, which then had little option but to step in and raise interest rates
- A throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital.
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