 |
| |||
| have two strikes against (чем-то; 1. two strikes on a baseball batter, three being the number that will put the batter "out." (Such a player is in a vulnerable position. *Typically: get ~; have ~.) 2. a critical number of things against one; a position wherein success is unlikely or where the success of the next move is crucial. – McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.) | |||