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词组 at someone's heels
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at someone's heels

at (one's) heels

1. Following close behind someone, often in an annoying way. I'm a preschool teacher, so I've had toddlers at my heels all day. The interior designer can't get any work done with your puppy at her heels!
2. Close to overtaking a fellow competitor. The leading candidate should be concerned about the underdog at his heels. If she does poorly on this exam, she may lose the title of valedictorian to one of the students at her heels.
See also: heel
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

at someone's heels

Also, on someone's heels. Immediately behind, in close pursuit. This idiom is used both literally, as in Jean's dog was always at her heels, and figuratively, as in Although his company dominated the technology, he always felt that his competitors were on his heels . This idiom appeared in the 14th-century romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The expression is sometimes intensified as hard on someone's heels or hot on someone's heels . Also see on the heels of.
See also: heel
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • at (one's) heels
  • at heel
  • at your heels
  • follow (someone or something) about
  • follow about
  • follow (someone or something) around
  • on (one's) heels
  • on heels
  • at/on somebody's heels
  • can't do anything with
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  • sledgehammer
  • sledge-hammer argument
  • sled over
  • sled over (something)
  • sleep
  • sleep around
  • sleep around the clock
  • sleep away
  • sleep a wink, not
  • sleeper
  • sleep fest
  • sleepfest
  • sleep in
  • sleeping at the switch
  • sleeping giant
  • sleeping on (someone or something)
  • sleeping partner
  • sleeping policeman
  • sleep it off
  • sleep like a
  • sleep like a baby
  • sleep like a log
  • sleep like a log/top
  • sleep like a log/top, to
  • sleep like a rock

 

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