senior hurling

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see senior, hurling. uncountable
  2. serious, difficult, important business; hardball Ireland,figuratively,uncountable
    — I urge Sinn Féin and the DUP to come together to ensure they can address the problems that have arisen in regard to the Social Welfare Bill. … I remind our Sinn Féin colleagues that they are playing senior hurling now and the issue must be resolved if they are to aspire to being in government in both the North and the South of Ireland.

词源

In Gaelic games, including hurling, the "senior" grade is the highest level of competition. In 2007, the Green Party entered government for the first time in coalition with Fianna Fáil, and Séamus Brennan of Fianna Fáil quipped to the Green Party ministers, "you're playing senior hurling now".
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