go cap in hand to

基本解釋

Circumstances once forced him to go cap in hand to the boss for help .
過去他曾不得不低聲下氣地去曏老板求助。
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All pensions should be at or above subsistence level. Retired workers should not have to go cap in hand to ask for supplementary allowances.
所有養(yǎng)老金都應(yīng)相儅或高於平均生活水平，不應(yīng)讓退休工人落到乞求補助的境地。
In December Vinashin defaulted on a loan to international creditors and it has been forced to go cap in hand to the government to pay its wage bill.
12月該企業(yè)因欠下國外債主的貸款不得不轉(zhuǎn)求政府爲(wèi)它埋單。
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So the king has had to go cap in hand to his rich neighbour, South Africa.
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The majority of Americans worry more about candidates who have to go cap in hand to special interests, which then expect a payback, than about money-bags who put their own fortunes on the line.
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The problem today is that United States must go cap in hand for funding to those same governments whose thumbs are on the scale.
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