Смысл: roughshod

roughshod[ʹrʌfʃɒd]
a
<Í> 1) подкованный на шипы (о лошади)
2) основанный на грубой силе
a tyrant's roughshod rule - ≅ железная пята тирана
♢ to ride roughshod over smb. - обращаться деспотически /высокомерно/ с кем-л., тиранить кого-л.; попирать, чьи-л. чувства

roughshod Идиома

run roughshod

force his way, step on people The foreman is mean. He'll try to run roughshod over you.

ride roughshod over

Idiom(s): ride roughshod over sb or sth

Theme: KINDNESS - LACKING

to treat someone or something with disdain or scorn.
• Tom seems to ride roughshod over his friends.
• You shouldn't have come into our town to ride roughshod over our laws and our traditions.

Ride roughshod

If someone rides roughshod over other people, they impose their will without caring at all for other people's feelings.

ride roughshod over|ride|roughshod

v. phr. To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack of courtesy; show no sympathy for. The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new school. The boss rode roughshod over the men when they asked for higher wages.

roughshod

roughshod
ride roughshod over
to treat in a harsh, arrogant, inconsiderate manner; domineer over

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