| 词组 | on the heels of |
| 释义 | Idiom on the heels of(hard) on the heels of (something) close behind or soon after something.The fighting came on the heels of even deadlier combat in a village ten miles to the north. Usage notes: usually used with the verbs come or follow and also used in the forms close on the heels of something or hot on the heels of something: The manager's resignation followed close on the heels of the hiring of a new chairman. on the heels of (someone or something)Following close behind or soon after someone or something. Look, the cops are hard on the heels of the bank robbers! The new revelation comes on the heels of the previous scandal. on the heels of somethingFig. soon after something. There was a rainstorm on the heels of the windstorm. The team held a victory celebration on the heels of their winning season. on the heels ofAlso, hard on the heels of. Directly behind, immediately following, as in Mom's birthday comes on the heels of Mother's Day, or Hard on the heels of the flood there was a tornado. The hard in the variant acts as an intensifier, giving it the sense of "close on the heels of". [Early 1800s] Also see at one's heels. |
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