play the man and not the ball

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To attack an opponent instead of attacking the ball, which is usually being controlled by the attacked player at the time.
  2. To object to someone's argument by attacking them or a facet of their personality instead of the argument itself; to make an ad hominem attack. broadly,colloquial,idiomatic
    — ""What we are seeing is an orchestrated campaign from the Labor Party to try to play the man and not the ball," he said... "[And] this is the kind of personal attack that we are going to see from the Labor Party right up until polling day.""

词形变化

plays the man and not the ball present,singular,third-person playing the man and not the ball participle,present played the man and not the ball participle,past played the man and not the ball past play the man alternative play the man, not the ball alternative play the man not the ball alternative
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