wipe the floor with someone

英语

动词

wipe the floor with someone (第三人称单数简单现在时 wipes the floor with someone，现在分词 wiping the floor with someone，一般过去时及过去分词 wiped the floor with someone)

1. (非正式) 远远超过某人

   The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players. ― 那个新来的年轻选手远远超过了那些更有经验的老将。

2. (非正式) 横扫某人，彻底击败某人，使某人一败涂地
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, 章号 I, 出自 The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards，页号 6:

     "Courage? Blast it all, lad, if I were twenty years younger I'd wipe the floor with you now."

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相关词汇

• mop the floor with someone

延伸阅读

• “wipe the floor with”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “wipe the floor with somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.