lie in wait

釋義

1. lie in wait (for sb)

   隱蔽待機以出其不意；伏擊；埋伏以待

   to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch sb

   He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him.他被暗中守候他的記者團團圍住。

電影裡這樣說 · 6 部

• Atlantis has been lying in waitAquaman2018
• 'without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait 'for all those people who took him seriously.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998
• A going concern. It's no use lying around waiting to be picked up.Lifeboat1944
• Anyway, so I was lying on the bed waiting for him, and after about 10 minutes of this, it was like, I was starting to lose my hard-on because it was getting boring, and then he walked in and he was fully done up in leather, like boots and things and chaps and everything, and he was much older than his picture said, and he walked in and I was like, "Oh, fuck!"Weekend2011
• The snow freezes on the boot, the warm room melts the ice, and the little piece of slippery ice lies in wait for the hurrying foot...The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• Anything beats lying around all day waiting for me to fuck you!Scarface1983

在完整場景裡學

• 百戰將軍1943
  • 演習開戰還虛報傷亡：my Aunt Fanny（才怪）
  • 演習假戲真做抓間諜：not a hope（一點希望都沒有）
  • 將軍在蒸汽室被俘：my foot（才怪）

同一詞條的短語

• lie ahead store
• lie in state
• lie low
• take lying down
• you've made your bed and you must lie in it
• be at the bottom of
• hang heavy
• see, how the land lies
• let sleeping dogs lie
• lie around
• lie back
• lie behind