hall pass
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈhɔːl ˌpɑːs/ us/ˈhɑːl ˌpæs/
大厅通行证（允许学生在上课时离开教室的正式许可）
an official piece of paper, etc. that gives a student permission to leave their classroom during a class
Tired of dealing with such things as hall passes to use the restroom, he decided to give the new school a try. 他受够了需要申请大厅通行证去上厕所这样的事情，决定去新学校试试。
The answer to school problems is zero tolerance. No hall passes. No lockers. 对于学校的这些问题，我们的回答是零容忍。对大厅通行证说不。对储物柜说不。
许可;批准
permission to do whatever you like or to have an easy time
It's like they got a hall pass to run amok. 就好像他们被批准可以发疯似的。
Do you think that the president has been given a hall pass by some of the media who love him? 你认为那些喜欢总统的媒体让他轻松过了关吗？
- More examples
- The teacher, the youth said, had declined 20 minutes of repeated requests for a hall pass to use the toilet.
- When asked for a hall pass, he'd say: "I'm a teacher! What are you talking about?"
- "I feel like Mr. Milsap gave me a hall pass to do whatever I want to do," he said.
- In the film Rick and Fred's wives give them a week off marriage - or a "hall pass" - to indulge their carnal desires.