4.give somebody the elbowBritish EnglishBrE informalLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONLEAVE A PLACE to tell someone that you no longer like them or want them to work for you and that they should leave 撵走,甩掉〔某人〕
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give somebody the elbow• The girl must have given him the elbow, Harriet decided.• I won't have anything more to do with you lottill you give him the elbow.
5elbow roomenough space in which to move easily 足够的活动空间
There’s more elbow room in the restaurant since they extended it.
PUSHto push someone with your elbows, especially in order to move past them 用肘挤开〔某人〕
elbow your way through/past/into etc something (=move through a group of people by pushing past them) 挤过/挤入〔人群〕等
He elbowed his way to the bar and ordered a beer.
他挤到吧台前要了一杯啤酒。
She pushed through the crowd, elbowing people out of the way.
她用手肘把人们推开,从人群中挤了出来。
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elbow• She elbowed her way through the crowd.• One of the yellow-jacketed policemenelbowed his way to Lawrence's window.• Greene had to leave the game after being elbowed in the face.• I elbowed Karen unceremoniously aside and grabbed the paddle.• Craig elbowed me aside roughly.• Elbowing me to one side, he took hold of the microphone.• She laughed often; a great suddenmasculine sound, jerking her arms as if elbowing the air out of the way.• He picked up Dougal's emptyglass and elbowed through the crowd at the bar.
elbow your way through/past/into etc something• Charlie and I elbowed our way through the crowd.• Furiously he elbowed his way through the crush, his men behind him.• I elbowed my way through the nosey parkers gossiping in the yard and ran home to tell Dad my good news.• On Earth, life elbows its way into solid, liquid, gas.• People were boarding and I elbowed my way into line.• Rex put on his sunglasses and elbowed his way into the crowd to gawp along with the rest.• She moved down to the kerbside, smiling graciously as she elbowed her way through the crowd.