go by the board

基本解釋

They started jostling for food and good manners went by the board.
他們開始爭(zhēng)奪食物了，忘卻了應(yīng)有的禮貌。
The teacher tried hard to interest the little girl in English, but he went by the board.
老師努力想使這個(gè)小女孩對(duì)英語(yǔ)產(chǎn)生興趣，但他的努力落空了。
Jim's father wanted to invest his own father's fortune in the business, which unluckily went by the board.
吉姆的父親想用吉姆的祖父的財(cái)產(chǎn)搞商業(yè)投資，后來很不幸運(yùn)，未獲得成功。

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