出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第211页(258字)
形容在外交、政治上运用各种手段进行联络、分化或争取、对抗对方,例他虽已白发苍苍,但在外交上纵横捭阖、力挽狂澜的气魄仍不减当年。
His hair may be white,but when it comes to manoeuvring among foreign policy makers,he is just as astute as ever in saving a desperate situation.