in a trench coat
介词短语
英文释义
介词短语
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Pretending to be something greater, especially unconvincingly.
— Canada is three mining companies in a trench coat, wearing a stupid hat and carrying a gun.
词源
From a pop culture cliché in which two children, one on the other's shoulders, wear a long coat in order to pass for one adult to enter an R-rated movie theater.
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