含义: across the tracks

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racks 成语

fall through the cracks

not be included, leave out These children fell through the cracks. They didn't learn to read.

make tracks

hurry, move quickly, vamoose We better make tracks or we'll be late for dinner.

stop you in your tracks

cause you to stop, prevent you from going further You know what will stop you dead in your tracks? A bear, that's what.

the wrong side of the tracks

Idiom(s): the wrong side of the tracks

Theme: LOCATION

the poor part of a town.
• They said that Bob was from the wrong side of the tracks, but that it didn't matter.
• We went to a school that was on the wrong side of the tracks, and we all got a fine education.

the other side of the tracks

Idiom(s): the other side of the tracks

Theme: LOCATION

the poorer section of town or the richer section of town, depending on perspective.
• He is from a wealthy family and I am from a very humble background, but he is the first boy I have met from the other side of the tracks, and I want to marry him.
• I hear he is dating someone from the other side of the tracks.

paper over the cracks in

Idiom(s): paper over the cracks (in sth)

Theme: DECEPTION

to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way.
• The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy.
• Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible.
• She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.

make cracks about

Idiom(s): make cracks (about sb or sth)

Theme: JOKING

to ridicule or make jokes about someone or something. (Informal.)
• Please stop making cracks about my haircut. It's the new style.
• Some people can't help making cracks. They are just rude.

follow in one's tracks

Idiom(s): follow in someone's tracks AND follow in someone's footsteps

Theme: SAMENESS

to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation.
• The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts.
• She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.

drop in one's tracks

Idiom(s): drop in one's tracks

Theme: DAYDREAM

to stop or collapse from exhaustion; to die suddenly.
• If I keep working this way, I'll drop in my tracks.
• Bob was working in the garden and dropped in his tracks, dead as a doornail.

dead in one's or sth's tracks

Idiom(s): dead in one's or sth's tracks

Theme: STOP

exactly where someone or something is at the moment; at this instant. (This does not usually have anything to do with death. The phrase is often used with stop.)
• Her unkind words stopped me dead in my tracks.
• When I heard the rattlesnake, I stopped dead in my tracks.
• The project came to a halt dead in its tracks.

cover one's tracks

Idiom(s): cover one's tracks (up)

Theme: DECEPTION

to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities.
• She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't find her.
• It's easy to cover up your tracks if you aren't well known.
• The robber failed to cover his tracks.

Paper over the cracks

If you paper over the cracks, you try to make something look or work better but only deal with superficial issues, not the real underlying problems.

cover one's tracks|cover|cover up one's tracks|tra

v. phr. 1. To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one can follow you. The deer covered his tracks by running in a stream. 2. informal To hide or not say where you have been or what you have done; not tell why you do something or what you plan to do. The boys covered their tracks when they went swimming by saying that they were going for a walk.
Compare: COVER UP¹.

in one's tracks|tracks

adv. phr., informal 1. Just where one is at the moment; abruptly; immediately. The hunter's rifle cracked and the rabbit dropped in his tracks. Mary stopped dead in her tracks, turned around, and ran back home.
Synonym: ON THE SPOT¹, THEN AND THERE. 2. See: FOLLOW IN ONE'S FOOTSTEPS.

make tracks|make|track|tracks

v. phr., informal To go fast; get a speedy start; hurry. Man, it's time we made tracks! The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark.
Compare: GET GOING, MAKE HASTE.

the tracks|tracks

n. The line between the rich or fashionable part of town and the poor or unfashionable part of town. The poor children knew they would not be welcome on the other side of the tracks. Mary's mother did not want her to date Jack, because he came from across the tracks.

Often used in the expression "the wrong side of the tracks". The mayor was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but he worked hard and became successful.

dead in one's tracks

dead in one's tracks
see under stop cold.

fall between the cracks

fall between the cracks
Also, fall through the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked; also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please make sure that either our department or yours deals with this account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other, was already a proverb in ancient times; in English it was first recorded about 1390.

in one's tracks

in one's tracks
see drop in one's tracks; follow in someone's footsteps; stop cold.

other side of the tracks

other side of the tracks
see right side of the tracks.

right side of the tracks

right side of the tracks
The desirable part of town, as in They were relieved to learn that his fiancée came from the right side of the tracks. This expression alludes to the fact that when a railroad ran through a town, it often divided the prosperous neighborhoods from the poor ones. The latter district was called the wrong side of the tracks, as in The children from the wrong side of the tracks often came to school without having eaten breakfast. Today these terms are considered snobbish. [Second half of 1800s]

side of the tracks

side of the tracks
see under right side of the tracks.