(hard / hot) on sb's / sth's heels
緊跟;緊接在後
very close behind sb / sth; very soon after sth
News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.出口數字下降之後緊接著就是失業率上升的訊息。
at / on sb's heels
緊跟某人
following closely behind sb
He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.他逃離了運動場,警察在後面緊追不捨。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版