go for the jugular veinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go for the jugular vein (third-person singular simple present goes for the jugular vein, present participle going for the jugular vein, simple past went for the jugular vein, past participle gone for the jugular vein)

1. Synonym of go for the throat
   • 1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 8:

     My friend argues that the Appleby case is what set the police off against the cruising at the I-91 rest area, and, the adds the initial media impulse to present Appleby as a mass murderer reveals their go-for-the-jugular-vein homophobic instincts and has helped contribute to the negative image of gays in Western Massachusetts.