set/put the world to rightsDISCUSSto discuss or say how the world should be changed to make people’s lives better 谈论如何改变世界,指点江山 We were having a few beers and generally putting the world to rights. 我们一边喝啤酒,一边大谈如何匡时济世。
set/put the world to rights• That straightness of Time, that confining straightness, was one with the Western picture of setting the world to rights.• More recently Lou has cleaned up his act and started setting the world to rights.• He wanted to put the world to rights.
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