OXFORD 9000
📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 49283

under the knife

/ˌʌndə ðə ˈnaɪf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bajo el cuchillo
Chiefly preceded by a form of go: undergoing a surgical procedure; into surgery.
"I don't want to go under the knife again. I had 10 surgeries as a player and many more since," [Lenny] Dykstra said, speaking as though he still had his trademark wad of tobacco i…
Rumor that De Gaulle [i.e., Charles de Gaulle] was under the knife sped through Paris and the world the next morning. The staff at the Elysee Palace, De Gaulle's official residence…
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