10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL»
Discover the use of
with one's back to the wall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
with one's back to the wall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement
to the ...
... jm. an der Kehle • Rücken: mit dem Rücken zur/(an der) Wand stehen to have/
to be standing with/... one's back to the wall Rücken: mit dem Rücken zur Wand
kämpfen/... to fight with one's back to the wall Rücken: mit dem Rücken zur Wand
...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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English Computer Corpora: Selected Papers and Research Guide
... wall into a hopeless position : to go/ to be driven/ to be pushed to the wall 9 up
the wall in or into a state of great anger or near madness 10 with one's back to
the wall fighting with no way of escape wall2 r 1 [Wv5;Tl (IN)] to provide, cover
with, ...
Stig Johansson, Anna-Brita Stenström, 1991
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
... to abandon ; ^>l fvTfl, ft^«T ^^951 ; nf^ts f 51 1 To turn the back— To go away ;
to flee ; <jsa?*R **i ; itc«i cw cf«?n i To turn the back on or upon One — To
forsake or neglect one ; With one's back to the wall— Hard-pressed ; 4f*itf5^ I
back, ii.
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The Columbia Guide
to Standard American English
But see also AWAKE. wall, (up) against the, with one's back to the wall, go to the
wall for, off the wall, to drive (someone) up the wall The first three of these idioms
are Standard and are based on the practice of standing prisoners with their ...
5
The Sterling Book of Idioms
... back for such an uncaring company. to stab in the back a treacherous attack
After ten years of friendship, l did not expect him to stab me in the back about
such a trivial matter. with one's back to the wall in a very difficult or desperate
situation ...
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Idiomatic Expressions
with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
WITH ONE'S BACK TO THE WALL WITH ALL ONE'S HEART — WITH AN ACE
OF — WITH AN EYE TO — WITH AN IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE — WITH
BAD GRACE — WITH BATED BREATH — WITH BELLS ON — WITH CHILD ...
7
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... with overwork There was no need for him to break his back for the profit of
others. stab in the back a treacherous attack After ten years of friendship I did not
expect him to stab me in the back on such a trivial matter. With one's back to the
wall ...
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Comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary:
I To turn the back, to run away *TFT R^icRT I With one's back to the wall, in
tightened circumstances, hardpressed faq^fldl ^ fWffi 3, rPft H I To break one's
back, to overburden somebody RTOt oqfef m (^ftm 3Tf^ «TR 3T?RT I To break the
back ...
Bholānātha Tivārī, Amaranātha Kapūra, Viśvaprakāśa Gupta, 1998
9
The Nelson Contemporary English Dictionary
... to distraction go to the wall to fail utterly, to be ruined with one's back to the wall
in a position difficult to defend wallaby (wol'abil n (pl-biesj a kind of small
kangaroo wallet (wol'itl n a small folding case that fits the pocket or handbag
wallflower ...
... put someone's back up to irritate someone; with one's back to the wall in
desperate difficulties. backgammon noun a game rather like draughts, played
with dice. backward adjective moving towards the back; slow in learning or
development.
