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词组 swing the lead
释义

swing the lead malinger; shirk your duty. British informal

☞ This phrase originated in the armed forces and the lead in question is probably a sounding lead, a lump of lead attached to a line and slowly lowered to determine the depth of a stretch of water. The connection between this process and shirking one's duty is not entirely clear.

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