| 释义 |
●get off/go ˌscot-ˈfree (informal) escape from a situation without receiving the punishment you deserve 安然逃脱；未受到应有的惩罚；逍遥法外◆It seemed so unfair that she was punished while the others got off scot-free!
她受到了惩罚而其他人却什么事也没有，这似乎太不公平了！ ORIGIN This idiom comes from the old English word sceot, meaning a ‘tax’. People were scot-free if they didn’t have to pay the tax. 这个习语源于古英语词 sceot，意为“税”，scot-free 指不用纳税。 |