let someone off the hook
常见例句
- In English, to let someone off the hook means to free them from an obligation.
在英语里，让某人脱身的意思就是使他们摆脱某种职责。 - From the giver's point of view, once someone has let you off the hook in this way, you should feel no pressure to contribute.
从出钱人的角度来看，如果有人让你自作决定而不让你为难，你便不会感到有压力了。 - In fact, the independent counsel law let Congress (and the media) off the hook with this Administration -- someone else was doing the investigating.
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