| 单词 | kick upstairs |
| 例句 | "It started with the Bureau of Narcotics and then kicked upstairs to the attorney general's office." Old Mafia file going on NY auction block 2011-06-22T10:22:09Z The Middle-Class Handbook blog attempts this herculean feat daily, while the quizzical reaction to Kate Middleton getting kicked upstairs, so to speak, proves just how deeply these feelings are held. Sly and Reggie: sound of the suburbs 2010-11-24T20:59:00Z It was terrific fun but after four years I was kicked upstairs and made responsible for both networks, which meant dealing with trade unions, politicians, finances, engineering, staffing problems, which is not much fun. 'It is fantastic, better than travelling to the moon' – David Attenborough returns to the Great Barrier Reef 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The experts said front-line engineers for Sound Transit can only approve changes under $50,000, so anything higher must be kicked upstairs for decisions. Contractor blames red tape for Tacoma light-rail project delay 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z It’s the industry equivalent of getting kicked upstairs. Review: 'The High Note,' a soothing music-biz fairy tale, falls short of perfect pitch 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z “Usually in a tech company when someone becomes chair they are kicked upstairs and that is an exit,” Mr. Doerr said. John Doerr to Become Kleiner Perkins’s First Chairman 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z If that fails, as it will, the dispute gets kicked upstairs, first to a “Joint Commission,” then to a Ministerial review, then to an “Advisory Board,” then to the U.N. Tehran’s Nuclear Triumph 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Atchison’s not gone, however; he’s being kicked upstairs to vice chairman of the board. SeaWorld Dumps Its CEO: Don't Just Blame Blackfish 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Mr Sikorski was kicked upstairs to be speaker of parliament, but he is already in trouble with the new prime minister. Flashes of competence 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The tar sands issue, where a vote is due within a European Commission technical committee, will probably be kicked upstairs to the bloc's main fora, and could rumble on for many more months. Airlines and tar sands proxy for bigger climate battles 2012-02-21T12:49:44Z The latter, instead of becoming lord treasurer, was, according to the epigram of Halifax which has become proverbial, “kicked upstairs,” to the office of lord president of the council. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Furthermore, the primordial reservation booth and gift counter — where cigars and caviar yielded many moons ago to ties, scarves and Christmas ornaments — will be kicked upstairs. At the ?21? Club, Beer on Tap in a Swivel Stool 2011-08-31T02:20:05Z “One of the costs of having a heroic leader is that problems get kicked upstairs,” said David Bradford, professor emeritus at Stanford University, who has studied management changes. Cook Aims to Provide Jobs’s ‘Gravitational Force’ at Apple 2011-08-25T04:08:01Z “One of the costs of having a heroic leader is that problems get kicked upstairs,” says David Bradford, professor emeritus at Stanford University, who has studied management changes. Tim Cook Aims to Provide Jobs’s ’Gravitational Force’ at Apple 2011-08-25T01:32:01Z Whether he objected to the Megrahi gambit or promoted it, Kusa was kicked upstairs in 2009 to become foreign minister, where his diplomacy, conducted in public, would be more pro forma than proactive. How Gaddafi Friended Bush, Blair, and Berlusconi 2011-03-06T05:00:00Z It was a new version of the old story of being kicked upstairs. The Spoils of Poynton Dinah was, however, called down, and with much resistance conveyed the young lady crying and kicking upstairs. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago |
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