run something up the flagpole
用作动词的意思:(美国俚语)试探某事反应,试行某一意见或主张
用法及例句:
Television runs those vapidities up the flagpole and we salute as though we had been programmed to do so.电视上播放那些无聊的东西以试探效果,而我们却照看不误,好像我们已经习惯了任人摆布。
英汉词典参考: run something up the flagpole
分类目录:美国俚语