go back to the well

A Tax Proposal Is Brought Out Again

By JONATHAN WEISMAN

President Obama, stymied for three years on his promise to end tax incentives that move jobs overseas, went back to the well on Tuesday night with tax proposals that he said would promote domestic corporate growth.

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1 井戸；（石油・天然ガスの）井

an oil ［a gas］ well
油［ガス］井

dig ［sink］ a well
井戸を掘る.

2 ((詩))泉；（水の）源；（感情・活動力などの）源泉, 源

a well of wisdom
知恵の泉.

3 井戸状の穴；くぼみ；（階段の）吹き抜け(stairwell)；（エレベーターの）縦穴；（万年筆の）筒(inkwell)；船底のいけす；（飛行機の）車輪室. ⇒COCKPIT 1

4 貯蔵油；（地雷の）井孔.

5 ((英))（法廷の）弁護士席.

go back to the well

信頼できる人［ところ］に戻る.

━━[動](自)〈水・感情などが〉わき出る, 噴出する((up, out, forth))

Tears welled up in the child's eyes.
子供の目に涙があふれた

Blood welled (forth) from the cut.
血が傷口から吹き出た.

━━(他)…をふき出す, わき出させる.

━━[形]井戸のような.