get off the hook

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   （使）摆脱困境，逃避惩罚

   to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment

   Tom, can you get me off the hook?

电影里这样说 · 1 部

• Tom, can you get me off the hook?The Godfather1972
• I bet you would rat on us just to get off the hook, now, wouldn't ya?A Simple Plan1998

在完整场景里学

• 教父1972
  • 婚礼当天开口求杀：in my debt（欠我的人情）
  • 看马求戏被轰走：run him out of the business（把他挤出这一行）
  • 当面回绝毒品生意：in your pocket（任其摆布）

同一词条的短语

• by hook or by crook
• hook, line and sinker
• off the hook
• ring off the hook
• sling your hook
• hook up
• hook up with
• hook up with

习语频道里接下来

• get your teeth into
• give a helping hand
• go head to head
• have an axe to grind
• have seen better days
• have written all over it
• have your finger on the pulse
• i've heard it all before
• if memory serves me well
• if truth be known
• in the hope of
• keep a lid on