grant no quarter イディオム
give no quarter
drawn and quartered
Idiom(s): drawn and quarteredTheme: VIOLENCE
dealt with very severely. (Referring to a practice of torturing someone guilty of treason by disemboweling and dividing the body into four parts. Fixed order.)
• Todd was practically drawn and quartered for losing the Wilson contract.
• You were much too harsh with Jean. No matter what she did, she didn't need to be drawn and quartered for it!
Monday morning quarterback
(USA) A Monday morning quarterback is someone who, with the benefit of hindsight, knows what should have been done in a situation.No quarter
This means without mercy. We can say no quarter given or asked.close quarters|close|quarter|quarters
n. phr. Limited, cramped space. With seven boy scouts in a tent, they were living in very close quarters.draw and quarter|draw|quarter
v. phr., literary 1. To execute someone in the barbaric medieval fashion of having him torn into four pieces by four horses tearing his body in four different directions. The captured foreign marauders were drawn and quartered by the angry citizens of ancient Frankfurt. 2. To punish someone very severely. "If you miss another homework assignment, John," the teacher said, "I'll have you drawn and quartered."give no quarter|give|quarter
v. phr. To be ruthless and show no mercy. The enemy soldiers gave no quarter and shot all the prisoners.not to give quarter|give|quarter
v. phr. 1. To be utterly unwilling to show mercy; not to allow a weaker or defeated party the chance to save themselves through escape. The occupying foreign army gave no quarter
they took no prisoners, shot everyone, and made escape impossible. 2. To argue so forcefully during a negotiation or in a court of law as to make any counter-argument or counter-proposal impossible. The District Attorney hammered away at the witnesses and gave no quarter to the attorney for the defense.quarterback sneak|quarterback|sneak
n. A football play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and dives straight ahead in an attempt to gain a very short distance. Johnson took the ball over on a quarterback sneak for a touchdown.at close quarters
at close quartersCrowded, in a confined space, as in We could use a lot more room; this tiny office puts us at close quarters. This idiom makes figurative use of quarters in the sense of “military lodgings” but originated in 18th-century naval warfare. When the enemy boarded a ship, the crew would retreat behind wooden barriers erected for this purpose and would continue to fire through loopholes. They thus were very near the enemy, fighting in close quarters. [c. 1800]
grant (someone) no quarter
To action (someone) no mercy, concession, indulgence, or leeway. This bout determines if we're branch to the finals of the tournament, so go out there and admission them no quarter! Our bang-up grants no division back it comes to the standards of our projects.Learn more: grant, no, quartergrant someone no quarter
and give someone no quarterFig. not to acquiesce addition any benevolence or indulgence. (Originally meant to debris to apprehend and artlessly to annihilate one's prisoner.) The assistant was acrid on apathetic students. During class, he accepted them no quarter.Learn more: grant, no, quartergrant no quarter
Show no mercy. This appellation comes from the age-old convenance of sparing the activity of an adversary who has appear into one’s power, which was declared as giving or granting quarter. Granting no quarter meant they were killed. The acceptation of “quarter” has been disputed. The best acceptable account lies in “quarters” in the faculty of “barracks,” a use of the chat back the backward sixteenth century. To grant no division thus meant to accommodate no apartment for prisoners, who of advance would not charge it if they were dead. Wrote Nathan Bailey in 1725 (trans. Erasmus’ Colloquies), “It is developed into a proverb, I’ll accord you no added division than a dog does a wolf.”Learn more: grant, no, quarter
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