glass cliff

基本解釋

A glass cliff is a term coined by Prof Michelle Ryan and Prof Alex Haslam of Exeter University, United Kingdom, in 2004.
(玻璃懸崖)這個詞是由英國埃尅斯特大學的兩位教授米歇爾？萊恩和亞歷尅斯·哈斯蘭姆在2004年創(chuàng)造的。
our house for the first year or so was on the top of a cliff, so that in stormy weather the spray would sometimes soak my bed at night, for I had taken the glass out of the window, sash and all.
我們第一年住的房子坐落在海邊的峭壁上，而我又把窗戶的玻璃拆了下來，因此儅暴風夜晚來襲時，水花時而會浸溼我的牀。

Essentially, she had hit a glass cliff: Dick Fuld had brought her in as CFO at a time when it was too late to save the firm.
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