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词组 a shot across the/sb's bows
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idioma shot across the/sb's bows(also a warning shot (across sb's bows))(or a shot across the/sb's bow AmE)something that you do or say in order to warn someone that you oppose what they are doing and will try to make them stop it ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:All industrial companies that pollute the environment should regard the new law as a shot across the bows.The fact that the bill was nearly defeated shows that his own supporters are firing a warning shot across the President's bows.The warning shot that has broadcasters worried came in a report on political impartiality in the media.
Note The bows are the front part of a ship. This idiom comes from a fighting ship firing towards another ship to warn it that it may attack.
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