| 词组 | run something into the ground |
| 释义 | Idiom run something into the ground and drive something into the ground Theme: PERSISTENCE to carry something too far. (Informal.)It was a good joke at first, Tom, but you've run it into the ground.Just because everyone laughed once, you don't have to drive it into the ground. Idiom run something into the groundrun (something) into the ground 1. to use something so much that it does not work any more. I gave that car to my son and he ran it into the ground.It was a funny joke the first time he told it, but he ran it into the ground. 2. to cause something to become less successful. Unless she gets some help, she will probably run her business into the ground. run (oneself or something) into the ground1. To work oneself to the point of illness or exhaustion. If you keep working 80-hour weeks, you'll run yourself into the ground sooner than later. 2. To overuse or poorly maintain something, resulting in its destruction or loss of functionality. If you would just remember to get your oil changed, you wouldn't keep running your cars into the ground. 3. To continue to discuss or address something—especially an issue or topic—that is no longer of any use or relevance. We've all moved on from that problem, so there's no use running it into the ground. run something into the groundIf you run something into the ground, you use it continuously without looking after it, until it is spoilt or destroyed. They didn't take care of the vehicle. They just ran it into the ground. Britain's public housing has been run into the ground over the last few decades. run somebody/something into the ˈgrounduse something so much that it breaks; make somebody work so hard that they are no longer able to work: In just one year, she managed to run her new car into the ground.These children are running me into the ground. |
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