| 词汇 | go to the mat |
| 词源 | go to the mat. The mat in wrestling is the padded canvas covering the whole floor of a wrestling ring to protect the ath- letes from injury. The sight of wrestlers contending on it sug- gested the general phrase go to the mat, “to struggle mightily in a determined, unyielding way,” as in “The President is going to the mat with Congress over that bill.” |
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