Dunkirk spirit

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The spirit of the British public pulling together to overcome times of adversity. UK,idiomatic,uncountable

词源

The phrase came into use following the evacuation of allied troops across the English Channel by flotillas of pleasure boats, working barges and other civilian craft at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940.
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