英语词组drive a coach and horses through是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

drive a coach and horses through make something entirely useless or ineffective. British

☞ An early example of this idiom is found in this statement by the Irish lawyer Stephen Rice (1637–1715): 'I will drive a coach and six horses through the Act of Settlement'. Early versions of the phrase also refer to a space big enough to turn a coach and six (or four) (i.e. horses) in, but the context, following Rice's declaration, is very often that of rendering a law or regulation ineffective.

2013Telegraph This is yet another example of the spurious deployment of human rights arguments to drive a coach and horses through our immigration controls.

词组	drive a coach and horses through
释义	drive a coach and horses through make something entirely useless or ineffective. British ☞ An early example of this idiom is found in this statement by the Irish lawyer Stephen Rice (1637–1715): 'I will drive a coach and six horses through the Act of Settlement'. Early versions of the phrase also refer to a space big enough to turn a coach and six (or four) (i.e. horses) in, but the context, following Rice's declaration, is very often that of rendering a law or regulation ineffective. 2013Telegraph This is yet another example of the spurious deployment of human rights arguments to drive a coach and horses through our immigration controls.
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