drive a coach and horses through
English
Alternative forms
- drive a coach and six through
Verb
drive a coach and horses through (third-person singular simple present drives a coach and horses through, present participle driving a coach and horses through, simple past drove a coach and horses through, past participle driven a coach and horses through)
- (Britain, idiomatic) To spoil, break or render ineffective a rule, plan or agreement.
- 2018 March 18, Campbell, Denis, “UK anti-obesity drive at risk from new US trade deal, doctors warn”, in The Guardian:
- We’ve been told that No 10 is preparing to update its obesity strategy. Part of that must be to get us all eating more healthily.¶ But a sugary, junk-filled trade deal will drive a coach and horses through it all.
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