In English, to let someone off the hook means to free them from an obligation.

在英语里，让某人脱身的意思就是使他们摆脱某种职责。

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Let's hear some examples of how the expression 'to let someone off the hook' is used.

让我们听几个例子，看看“让某人脱离困境”这种说法是怎么用的。

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When someone in another car cuts you off on the highway, your reflexive thought may be, That jerk! He could have hit me! I can't let him get away with that! The more you stew, the angrier you get.

当另一辆车在高速公路上截你的路时，你的本能反应可能是：那个混蛋！他差点撞到我！我不能让他得逞！你想得越多，就越生气。

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If you want to get some input from the user, my God I don't want to have to program it to low level zero and 1 just to get keys from the keyboard; please let there have been someone who does that for me and indeed there are an increasingly sophisticated options that you can pull off the shelf.

如果你想获得一些用户的输入数据，我的上帝,我可不希望在键盘上敲入0，1的低水平方式来编程;,希望有个人能帮我做这件事吧,但是现有的选择,也变得日益复杂了。

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General rules when it comes to breaking bad news: Don't put it off, don't pass it off to someone else and don't let your emotions get the better of you.

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"I was looking for someone in a position of authority to whom I could let off steam in confidence, " he told the court.

BBC: Opening court session in Vatican, 29 Sep 12

In fact, the independent counsel law let Congress (and the media) off the hook with this Administration -- someone else was doing the investigating.

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