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on bended knee
Idioms and Phrases
Humbly, pleading, as in They're desperate for funds; they're asking for contributions on bended knee . This expression alludes to a traditional attitude of supplication. Bended , the past tense of bend , survives only in this idiom, elsewhere having been replaced by bent . [Mid-1600s]Example Sentences
His colleagues celebrated his candidacy by circulating an image of him on bended knee praying for divine guidance with other lawmakers on the House floor.
Her role was captured during a now-famous moment in the West Wing of the White House, when the Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, got down on bended knee pleading for Ms. Pelosi鈥檚 help.
She says in the show: 鈥淗ere I am, coming to you, prime minister, on bended knee, for the sign-off, but I鈥檓 hoping that will be a formality.鈥
She included this gem, which apparently we're supposed to get down on bended knee to thank her for: "As January 6 approached, I circulated a memo to my Republican colleagues explaining why our congressional proceedings to count electoral votes could not be used to change the outcome of the election."
Fred Ryan, The Post鈥檚 publisher, criticized Biden for 鈥済oing to Jiddah on bended knee to shake the 鈥榩ariah鈥檚鈥 bloodstained hand.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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