| 词组 | shake (one's) tree |
| 释义 | shake (one's) treeTo provoke or compel one into taking some sort of action or reform. I believe people are electing radical candidates like her because they want to shake the government's tree. The employees' strike certainly shook our tree a bit, so we've begun shake someone's treeArouse to action or reaction, disturb, as in He really shook Hollywood's tree. shake (someone's) treeSlang To arouse to action or reaction; disturb: "[He] so shook Hollywood's tree that ... all manner of ... people called me unsolicited to itemize his mistakes or praise his courage" (Tina Brown). |
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