fall on its sword

Chinese translation: 自愿承担责任／自食其果

02:05 Nov 18, 2012

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Social Sciences - Economics

English term or phrase: fall on its sword

Conservative commentator and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said Sunday the Republican Party should accept new ideas, including the much-criticized suggestion by Democrats that taxes be allowed to go up on the wealthy.

"It won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires," he said on "Fox News Sunday." "It really won't, I don't think. I don't really understand why Republicans don't take Obama's offer."

"Really? The Republican Party is going to (fall on its sword ) to defend a bunch of millionaires, half of whom voted Democratic and half of whom live in Hollywood and are hostile?" he asked.

fall on its sword指的是什么意思？查了http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fall_on_one's_sword，不太确定适用哪个意思。

calpain KudoZ activity Questions: 51 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 59 China
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Chinese translation:自愿承担责任／自食其果

Explanation:
Fall on your sword - 有道海量词典
dict.youdao.com/.../fall_on_you... - 中華人民共和國 - 轉為繁體網頁分享
沪江博客- 肖智利的博客- 英语的一些习惯用语... ... Fall on our feet 成功做成一件高风险的事情Fall on your sword 自愿承受后果Familiarity breeds contempt 熟悉了 ...
To fall on your sword 承担责任
www.chinadaily.com.cn › ... › Today Phrase - 轉為繁體網頁分享
2012年10月29日 – He is the boss – it's only right he's falling on his sword this time. 请注意. 另一个短语to take the flack 有替罪羊的意思。 She's always taking the ...

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自愿承担责任／自食其果

pkchan

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自取灭亡

William Xie

自杀

Peter CHENG

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自杀

Explanation:
共和党为百万富翁说话，而这些人有一半会投民主党的票，而另一半对共和党有敌意，这岂不是自杀？

Peter CHENG
China
Local time: 04:05
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自愿承担责任／自食其果

pkchan
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peer agreement (net): +1

自取灭亡

Explanation:
应该是第一个意思To commit suicide by allowing one’s body to drop onto the point of one’s sword

富人里一半是支持民主党的，另一半都是好莱坞明星，其中很多也是支持民主党的

作为民主党的代表，奥巴马提出要对富人多征税，但共和党不愿意，要 defend a bunch of millionaires，其实是自取灭亡，因为富人们大多是不支持共和党的

Reference: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/1726390812

William Xie
China
Local time: 04:05
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Chinese

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Asker: 谢谢

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