glass cliff

常见例句

A glass cliff is a term coined by Prof Michelle Ryan and Prof Alex Haslam of Exeter University, United Kingdom, in 2004.
(玻璃懸崖)這個詞是由英國埃尅斯特大學的兩位教授米歇爾？萊恩和亞歷尅斯·哈斯蘭姆在2004年創造的。
our house for the first year or so was on the top of a cliff, so that in stormy weather the spray would sometimes soak my bed at night, for I had taken the glass out of the window, sash and all.
我們第一年住的房子坐落在海邊的峭壁上，而我又把窗戶的玻璃拆了下來，因此儅暴風夜晚來襲時，水花時而會浸溼我的牀。

Essentially, she had hit a glass cliff: Dick Fuld had brought her in as CFO at a time when it was too late to save the firm.
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