blood in the water

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In a competitive situation, the exhibition of apparent weakness or vulnerability by one party, especially when this leads to a feeling of vulnerability or greater pressure to perform on the part of the weak party, or enhanced expectation of victory by the others. idiomatic,uncountable
    — The first reason Powell gave to explain Carter's press miseries was the idea of "blood in the water"—that more bad press goes to those who have just had bad press. Almost nobody in main-stream politics is as likely as a fourth-year incumbent to have just come off a stint of bad press.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: the result of a marine predator's attack. uncountable

词源

Referring to the emergence of predators such as sharks (and possible feeding frenzy) when blood is spilled in the water.
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