goalpost

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goal·post /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst $ ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/ noun [countableC usually plural]

1. DSone of the two posts, with a bar along the top or across the middle, that form the goal in games such as football and hockey 〔足球、曲棍球等的〕球門柱 SYN post →5 see picture at 見圖 american football, football

2. move/shift the goalposts British EnglishBrE informalCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change the rules, limits etc for something while someone is trying to do something, making it more difficult for them – used to show disapproval 改變規則〔以增大難度，含貶義〕

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move/shift the goalposts• It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.• The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.

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goalpost• The traditional Shrove Tuesday football match is to move its goalposts 100 yards downstream.• I was checked into the net and my head hit the goalpost.• The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.• He was critical, too, of government sources for changing the position of the goalposts when defining economic recovery.• He walked ninety-eight yards for the winning touchdown and when they got the flashlight fixed, there he was under the goalposts.• Until the goalposts moved, roughly half of publicly listed firms in financial trouble opted for the private route.

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