off the hook for

相似词语短语

off the hook───摆脱困境；脱身

of the hour───紧急的；现在的；目前的

on the hoof───活着的，未屠宰；事先无准备地

on the hook───陷入圈套；拖延

none the worse for───未受…影响/损害

off the back of a lorry───从卡车后面

get the hook───被解雇

off the air───停播，停止广播；广播中止

off the blocks───离开街区

双语使用场景

Celebrating failure (" fail fast "goes the mantra) seems to let people off the hook for bad behavior.───庆祝失败(“快速失败”成了口头禅)似乎可以让那些因行为不当而失败的人摆脱困境。

It will probably get you off the hook for a few days or months or keep the problem on the back burner.───它能使你在一些天甚至几个月内摆脱困境或者延缓问题。

Well, we can afford to be generous now that I'm off the hook for alimony .───嗯，我们能这么大方是因为，我不用再付赡养费了。

But just as I've never let her off the hook for screaming meanness, I don't believe my Italian ancestry explains my moods.───但是，就像我从来没能让她从恶劣的大喊大叫中解脱出来，我也不相信我的意大利祖先能解释我的心情。

Yet what the industry and its defenders demand is, of course, precisely that it be let off the hook for the damage it causes.───然而，水力压裂行业及其捍卫者所要求的，却正是对自身造成的损失一推了之。

And few would let China off the hook for keeping down the value of its currency, surely a big factor in its global cash surplus.───此外，很少有人能让中国脱离对其货币价值的控制，从这一点也可以看出，这是该国全球现金盈余的一个重要因素。

I was thinking of taking the phone off the hook for the rest of day. What do you think?───我在想要不要把电话线拔掉。你觉得呢？

The bill lets U. S. corporations off the hook for any nuclear accidents they cause on Indian soil.───这个法案让美国企业能从在印度土地上造成的任何核事件中脱身。

英语使用场景

Does saving cally let him off the hook for killing 23 others?

It's called echolalia . I don't necessarily understand the context or the terminology I'm using, I just know it gets me off the hook for coming up with a reply.

It could even, in a pinch, get him off the hook for the nightly walk to the monument.