to the hilt

基本解释

Her knife FLASHES down, buried to the hilt in its chest.
她闪电般地将刀刺入狼的胸口，刀没至柄。
He mortgaged himself up to the hilt and sold his collection of vintage cars to raise the cash for the new company.
他把自己押在了这个风险的投资上，并为了为新公司筹集现款卖掉了自己收集的古典车。
He took his role seriously and played it to the hilt, issuing ruling after ruling on both sides and objections, all the while evaluating the four of us to decide who would win the prize.
福塔斯非常认真地扮演了他的角色，一丝不苟，接连对比赛双方和双方的异议做出裁定。他一直考察着我们四个人的表现，权衡到底把这个奖给谁。

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