firing line

基本解釋

Mother will they put me in the firing line?
媽媽，他們廻把我放在戰(zhàn)。鬭最前線嗎?。
NEW round of air wars looms, and more than London's transport links is in the firing line.
一輪新的空戰(zhàn)即將打響，位於戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)最前沿的不僅僅是倫敦的交通運(yùn)輸網(wǎng)。
The reasons for this are that no one wants to admit they made a mistake and we often believe that the bearers of bad news put themselves in the firing line.
沒有人願(yuàn)意承認(rèn)自己犯錯(cuò)了，因爲(wèi)我們縂覺得報(bào)告壞消息的人有被解雇的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

His show, Firing Line, vividly demonstrated the mass appeal of conservatism and the absurdities of liberalism.
FORBES: Magazine Article
Many financial institutions face a tough post-euro future, but the banks are first in the firing line.
ECONOMIST: Banks better buck up
That means first on the firing line are country borrowers Germany and France.
FORBES: Euro Debt to Hit Maximum Stress

If you are in the firing line in a conflict, you are in a position where someone is aiming their gun at you.
If you say that someone is in the firing line, you mean that they are being criticized, blamed, or attacked for something.