laboring oar

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An oar that is worked with great effort.
  2. The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve. US,broadly,figuratively
    — And so too, when new issues demanding new policy calls come up within that scheme, Congress presumably wants the same agency, rather than any court, to take the laboring oar.

词形变化

laboring oars plural labouring oar alternative,UK
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