介绍:
Drag one's feet
1. The president was asked why he was dragging his feet on promoting women to higher positions.
2. Simon knows he needs to make a decision on asking Elisha out, but he was dragging his feet.
3. The government was dragging its feet on whether to leave the EU.
Definition: To deal with something slowly because you do not really want to do it.
Etymology: Dragging your feet when someone is carrying you will slow him down.
Other examples:
A. Years ago a husband dragged his feet on purchasing a villa and now the couple can never afford it again.
B. The couple has been dragging their feet on applying for a divorce because they are afraid their children can't bear the truth.
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Baptism of fire
1. Many consider the fighting of Australian troops in Gallipoli in World War I as Australia's baptism of fire.
2. Dennis had his first visit to the dentist and withstood the baptism of fire.
3. The first couple of weeks at the police academy are a baptism of fire.
Definition: A first experience of something, usually something difficult or unpleasant.
Etymology: Baptisms are a religious rite practiced in many faiths, a baptism of fire would imply something dangerous, it was used in 1800s in France to describe someone's first battlefield experience.
Other examples:
A. The first generation of immigrants in the United States have gone through a baptism of fire when they got discriminated in every way.
B. Over protected children would have to face the baptism of fire when they first start to live on their own.
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