go by the board

基本解释

They started jostling for food and good manners went by the board.
他們開始爭奪食物了，忘卻了應有的禮貌。
The teacher tried hard to interest the little girl in English, but he went by the board.
老師努力想使這個小女孩對英語産生興趣，但他的努力落空了。
Jim's father wanted to invest his own father's fortune in the business, which unluckily went by the board.
吉姆的父親想用吉姆的祖父的財産搞商業投資，後來很不幸運，未獲得成功。

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