| 词组 | shoot your bolt |
| 释义 | Idiom shoot your boltshoot (your) bolt to use all your energy trying to do something, so that you do not have enough energy left to finish it.By the end of the third lap it was obvious that she had shot her bolt, and the Canadian runner took the lead. (never in continuous tenses)shoot (one's) boltTo exhaust oneself doing some task and thus struggle to complete it. Try to pace yourself—if you shoot your bolt now, you'll never make it through all 18 holes. shoot your boltBRITISH, INFORMALIf someone has shot their bolt, they have done everything they can to achieve something but have failed, and now can do nothing else to achieve their aims. The opposition have really shot their bolt; they'll never ever get any more votes than this. Note: This expression uses the idea of an archer who has only one arrow or `bolt' and is defenceless once he has fired it. shoot your ˈbolt(informal) make a final attempt to do something, especially if this attempt comes too early to be successful: In an argument it’s important not to shoot your bolt too soon. Keep one or two good points for the end.In this idiom, bolt refers to an arrow that was shot from a crossbow. |
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