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词组 law
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law
Theme: POLICE
n. the police. (Always with the.)
She is in a little trouble with the law.Mrs. Wilson finally called the law in on her old man.
law
1. noun
have the law on someoneto inform the police about someone UK, 1800. the law1. the police, the law enforcement authorities US, 1893.2. your parents. Teen slang US, 1955
2. verb
1
to arrest US, 1935.
2
to impersonate the police for the purposes of extortion UK, 1956
idiomlawsb is a law unto himself/herselfused when you disapprove because someone does what they want to, instead of doing what they are told to do:Fergus does a good job, but he's a law unto himself - you'd better make sure that he's prepared to cooperate with Michelle.The intelligence service was becoming a law unto itself, and was not accountable either to the government or to the military.the law of the junglea situation in which formal rules or laws are not obeyed, people look after themselves without caring for other people, and the strongest people have all the advantages:If this court imprisons a man simply to keep him safe from other criminals, it would be allowing the law of the jungle to rule. We had learned to survive on the city streets where the law of the jungle was the only law in operation.lay down the law1 to tell people what to do very firmly, especially when this annoys or upsets them:It is a mistake to try to lay down the law too heavily when teenagers are trying to become independent.Employees are allowed to arrive any time up to 10:00, but we had to lay down the law with a few who were taking advantage of the privilege.2 to tell people your opinions as though they were facts, in a way that is annoying:I guessed that Stewart would be in the bar, laying down the law about football.I enjoy talking to my uncle, though he has a tendency to lay down the law when we try to discuss politics.Murphy's law(also sod's law BrE)used in order to say that the worst possible thing always seems to happen at a time when it is most annoying, preventing you from doing what you are trying to do:"Why is the traffic always worst when you're already half an hour late?" "It's called Murphy's law."Sod's law isn't it? We've got five upright beams, but what we need is a horizontal one.
Note Murphy's law is a humorous rule that says: Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. There are other rules like this that are often called Murphy's Laws, such as: Nothing is as easy as it looks and Everything takes longer than you think it will. Although many people have ideas about who Murphy might be, no one is sure.
take the law into your own hands(also take matters/things into your own hands)to deal with a problem yourself, often in a violent or unpleasant way, because you do not think that the officials who ought to be dealing with it are doing it properly:Police fear that if the gypsies are not given housing soon local people may take the law into their own hands and force them to leave.It was only when he threatened to take matters into his own hands and call the newspapers that the management agreed to review the problem.
See:
  • (one's) word is law
  • a law unto
  • a law unto (oneself)
  • a law unto himself, herself, etc.
  • a law unto yourself
  • above suspicion
  • above the law
  • against the law
  • be a law unto (oneself)
  • be a law unto yourself
  • bend the law
  • break a law
  • break a/the law
  • common law
  • get on the wrong side of the law
  • go to law
  • Godwin's law
  • hard cases make bad laws
  • have the law on (someone)
  • have the law on somebody
  • ignorance of the law is no excuse
  • ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it
  • in the eyes of the law
  • John Law
  • Johnny Law
  • law and order
  • law of averages
  • law of the jungle
  • law unto
  • law unto oneself
  • lay down the law
  • lay down the law, to
  • lemon law
  • letter of the law
  • long arm of the law
  • long arm of the law, the
  • Murphy's law
  • Necessity knows no law
  • on the wrong side of the law
  • one law for the rich and another (law) for the poor
  • one law for the rich and another for the poor
  • Parkinson's law
  • possession is nine parts of the law
  • possession is nine points of the law
  • possession is nine points/tenths/parts of the law
  • possession is nine-tenths of the law
  • self-preservation is the first law of nature
  • sign into
  • sign on
  • Sod's law
  • someone's word is law
  • stand your ground law
  • take (someone or something) to law
  • take into one's own hands, to
  • take someone to law
  • take the law into (one's) own hands
  • take the law into one's hands
  • take the law into own hands
  • take the law into your own hands
  • the law
  • the law is a ass
  • the law of averages
  • the law of diminishing returns
  • the law of the jungle
  • the law of the Medes and Persians
  • the letter of the law
  • the long arm of the law
  • the spirit of the law
  • There ought to be a law!
  • there's no law against (something)
  • there's no law against it
  • there's no law against something
  • unwritten law
  • vote into law
  • your, his, etc. word is law
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