英语词组put the lid on something是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

put the lid on somethingput the lid on (something)

British, old-fashioned if something that happens puts the lid on a plan, it causes the plan to fail.

When James resigned that put the lid on the whole project.

put the lid on (something)

1. To induce something's failure. Unfortunately, a broken leg put the lid on my vacation to the ski resort.

2. To quash or suppress something; to control something so as to keep it from flourishing, increasing, or succeeding. We need to put the lid on rumors about the company going bankrupt. We decided to put the lid on the project since we didn't have enough funds to see it through to the end.

keep/put a/the ˈlid on something

try to make sure that people do not do something or find out about something: The government wants to keep the lid on discussion of tax reforms at the moment.

put the (tin) ˈlid on something

(British English, informal) bring to an end an activity, your hopes or plans: I’ve got a place at an American university but I can’t afford to go, so that’s put the lid on that.It rained and rained, which put the tin lid on our plans for a picnic in the park.

词组	put the lid on something
释义	Idiom put the lid on somethingput the lid on (something) British, old-fashioned if something that happens puts the lid on a plan, it causes the plan to fail. When James resigned that put the lid on the whole project. put the lid on (something) 1. To induce something's failure. Unfortunately, a broken leg put the lid on my vacation to the ski resort. 2. To quash or suppress something; to control something so as to keep it from flourishing, increasing, or succeeding. We need to put the lid on rumors about the company going bankrupt. We decided to put the lid on the project since we didn't have enough funds to see it through to the end. keep/put a/the ˈlid on something try to make sure that people do not do something or find out about something: The government wants to keep the lid on discussion of tax reforms at the moment. put the (tin) ˈlid on something (British English, informal) bring to an end an activity, your hopes or plans: I’ve got a place at an American university but I can’t afford to go, so that’s put the lid on that.It rained and rained, which put the tin lid on our plans for a picnic in the park.
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