wipe the floor with someone

英語

動詞

wipe the floor with someone (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 wipes the floor with someone，現在分詞 wiping the floor with someone，一般過去時及過去分詞 wiped the floor with someone)

1. (非正式) 遠遠超過某人

   The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players. ― 那個新來的年輕選手遠遠超過了那些更有經驗的老將。

2. (非正式) 橫掃某人，徹底擊敗某人，使某人一敗塗地
   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, 章號 I, 出自 The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards，頁號 6:

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

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相關詞彙

• mop the floor with someone

延伸閱讀

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