take lying down

常见例句

We are not going to ignore them, we are not going to take them lying down.
我们不会忽略，也不会向它们屈服。
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X. O. BEER is 12% alcohol, and is therefore only available…. X. O. BEER take it lying down.
啤酒，含12%的酒精。因此只在【…可能是地名，待求证】X.O。啤酒，躺着喝。
When her English butler, Robert, asks for an increase in the housekeeping, she refuses. However, this British underdog is not one to take defeat lying down.
她的英国管家罗伯特要求增加家用金，她没同意。然而，这个碰了钉子的英国佬是不会甘心的。

The more serious class-action complaints, each of which can potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in liability, are complaints the company has decided it won't take lying down.
FORBES: Wal-Mart Stands Up To Wave Of Lawsuits
The lost amenities and added population density, they said, would cut their property value by a third, and they were not going to take it lying down.
ECONOMIST: The well-off stand up for their rights
But don't expect the companies to take it lying down.
ECONOMIST: Or, when is a new tax not a new tax?