撒手归西 [
sā shǒu guī xī]
go to heaven -- to die
pass away
pay the debt of nature
- 经过近一年艰难的手术,时而看似将要“撒手归西”的加州医保改革方案却于12月17日突然“跃床而起”。
AFTER almost a year of difficult surgery, during which it occasionally seemed dead, California's health-care reform plan abruptly leapt out of bed on December 17th.