US /ˈdrɔˌbrɪdʒ/
・UK /ˈdrɔ:brɪdʒ/
The temptation will be to withdraw under a rock, to pull up the drawbridge, to go into a shell.
The point is, to help ourselves, we've got to help others--not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.
-- not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep
Your drawbridge is down.
Hey, Windsor, your drawbridge is down.
I'm going to lower my drawbridge and introduce you to the queen, yes I shall.
I'm going to lower my drawbridge and introduce you to the queen, yes I shall.
There's a drawbridge in the horse's butt.
There's a drawbridge in the horse's butt!
The point is, to help ourselves, we've got to help others, not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.
The phrase "pull up the drawbridge" is a metaphor for isolating oneself.
Like many fortified old cities, Delft welcomes you with the twin towers of its city gate, graced by an old drawbridge and a canal moat.
graced by an old drawbridge and a canal moat.
Permission to cross the drawbridge, sir.
- Oh, well, permission to cross the drawbridge, sir.
At the drawbridge of a castle
Permission to cross the drawbridge, sir.
- Oh, well, permission to cross the drawbridge, sir.