wheel out

釋義

1. wheel sth out

   故伎重演

   to show or use sth to help you do sth, even when it has often been seen or heard before

   They wheeled out the same old arguments we'd heard so many times before.他們又彈起了我們聽過多次的老調。

電影裡這樣說 · 7 部

• Dude, I literally just saw you wheel him out in front of everybody.The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022
• Okay, look, man, I'm-I'm just gonna wheel you out.Unbreakable2000
• The priority is Gotham General. Wheel everybody out of that place right now.The Dark Knight2008
• Ford wheeled out the entire executive committee for this one.Ford v Ferrari2019
• What is the point of havin' a nigger that speaks German if you can't wheel 'em out when you have a German guest?Django Unchained2012
• Wheel Out, Get Shorty,Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room2005
• - Wheel out the cripple! Wheel out the cripple! - Stop! Just stop it.My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989

在完整場景裡學

• 安然：房間裡最聰明的人2005
  • 印度電廠成了廢墟：imaginary profits（並未到來的利潤）
  • 自己跟自己做買賣：both sides of the transaction（交易兩邊都佔）
  • 追問報表當場失控：losing it（當眾情緒崩了）

同一詞條的短語

• wheels within wheels
• a cog in the machine
• grease the wheels
• oil the wheels
• reinvent the wheel
• put your shoulder to the wheel
• put a spoke in wheel
• wheel and deal