off the reservation

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Violating rules or decorum; out of bounds. idiomatic
  2. Having broken with one's party or group, usually temporarily. US
    — While politicians remained blackballed on opening night, the Clintonites' search for "real people" was not limited to the obscure. Thomason floated Billy Graham's name, but Hillary worried that he might get off the reservation on abortion.

词源

From go off the reservation.
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