firing line Idioma
firing line, on the
firing line, on the In the forefront of any activity or pursuit, especially a controversy. For example,
At the sales conference they asked so many questions that Anne felt she was on the firing line. This expression originally meant the line of positions
from which gunfire is directed at a target and is still so used in a military context. Today it is also used more loosely. [Late 1800s]
firing line
1. In battle, a band of soldiers armed and accessible to blaze on an enemy. Our battlefront band will be able to advance aback the enemy, I'm abiding of it.2. A abode area one is accessible to or accepted to accept criticism. I'm not activity into the boss's appointment appropriate now—I'm not accessible to be on the battlefront band this aboriginal in the morning!Learn more: firing, line