steady hand on the tiller

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Reliable, composed control (of an organization or situation). idiomatic,uncountable,usually
    — The new president of the Varityper division of the financially troubled AM International, Joseph A. Verderber, knows that he has his work cut out for him. . . . "My challenge in a ship that big is to make certain that it has a good steady hand on the tiller."
  2. A person exhibiting such control. broadly,idiomatic,uncountable,usually
    — [T]heir expressions of confidence in the new Bush administration were likely heartfelt — officials around the world reminisced enthusiastically about the scion of a president best remembered as a sober and steady hand on the tiller of foreign policy.

词形变化

steady hands on the tiller plural steady hands on the tillers plural
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