go by the board

基本解释

They started jostling for food and good manners went by the board.
他们开始争夺食物了，忘却了应有的礼貌。
The teacher tried hard to interest the little girl in English, but he went by the board.
老师努力想使这个小女孩对英语产生兴趣，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.
吉姆的父亲想用吉姆的祖父的财产搞商业投资，后来很不幸运，未获得成功。

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