twist in the wind

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be unassisted and without comfort in a situation likely to result in distress or failure. idiomatic
    — There seemed to be a shared perception of Colonel North as a good and honorable serviceman who had been left to twist in the wind, the scapegoat of an operation gone awry.
  2. To wait for an uncomfortably long period of time. idiomatic
    — McGuinty just says, "Don't worry, the investigation will be over soon enough, we'll do something in due course," and people are expected to twist in the wind in the meantime.

词形变化

twists in the wind present,singular,third-person twisting in the wind participle,present twisted in the wind participle,past twisted in the wind past

词源

An allusion to being hanged by the neck and then left for dead in a suspended state.
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