run for the roses

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The Kentucky Derby horse race.
  2. A college football game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for the championship Rose Bowl game. idiomatic
    — Looking back at Ohio State's run for the roses, there might be some who will insist the Buckeyes were lucky to escape defeat at least once. . . . the Buckeyes whipped a jinx in the form of premature Rose Bowl talk.
  3. A hard-fought competition or demanding challenge of any kind. broadly,idiomatic
    — The time had come, Dundee acknowledged, to decide if he was serious about making a run for the roses. It was only mid-1990, but presidential campaigns had evolved into two-year affairs, and if he really had that famous "fire in his belly," now was the time.

词形变化

runs for the roses plural
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