frog-march

英

frog-march (n.): also frog's march, 1871, a term that originated among London police and referred to their method of moving "a drunken or refractory prisoner" by carrying him face-down between four people, each holding a limb; the connection with frog (n.1) perhaps being the notion of going along belly-down. By the 1930s, the verb was used in reference to the much more efficient (but less frog-like) method of getting someone in an arm-behind-the-back hold and hustling him or her along. As a verb by 1884.

1. They arrested the men and frog-marched them to the local police station.: 他们逮捕了这些人，并把他们押送到当地警察局。

2. He was frog-marched through the kitchen and out into the yard.: 他被扭住双臂强推着走过厨房，来到院子里。

3. A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale.: 在这个卡通童话里王子变成了一只青蛙。