corridor

the corridors of power the senior levels of government or administration, where covert influence is regarded as being exerted and significant decisions are made.

☞ This expression comes from the title of C. P. Snow's novel The Corridors of Power (1964).

the corridor of uncertainty (in cricket) a line of bowling just outside the off stump, which makes the batsman uncertain whether to play at the ball or not.

☞ The expression is particularly associated with the cricket commentaries of the former Yorkshire and England batsman Sir Geoffrey Boycott (b.1940).

词组	corridor
释义	corridor the corridors of power the senior levels of government or administration, where covert influence is regarded as being exerted and significant decisions are made. ☞ This expression comes from the title of C. P. Snow's novel The Corridors of Power (1964). the corridor of uncertainty (in cricket) a line of bowling just outside the off stump, which makes the batsman uncertain whether to play at the ball or not. ☞ The expression is particularly associated with the cricket commentaries of the former Yorkshire and England batsman Sir Geoffrey Boycott (b.1940).
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