| 词汇 | tread on somebody's toes |
| 释义 | tread on somebody's toestread on somebody's toes British EnglishBrE, step on somebody’s toes American EnglishAmEOFFEND to offend someone, especially by becoming involved in something that they are responsible for 〔尤指因涉足别人负责的范围而〕得罪某人，触犯某人 Examples from the Corpus tread on somebody’s toes• I danced rigidly with Giacomo, kicking his shins and treading on his toes.• But I don't want us to tread on each other's toes.• Don't know the rules, don't want to tread on any toes.• Danny's filthy fingernails were digging into his neck and his one foot was treading on Henry's toes.• She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes. → tread on somebody’s toes at toe1(1) |
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