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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots.
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 p`dH4y]D
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. `Z#0kpXk_
比尔总有锦囊妙计,所以任何时候遇到难题,他总能找到方法解决。 #9(0.!v
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(3)clown around 胡闹 >)Udb//
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. $ \yZ;Z:
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(4) cook up 虚构 %>z4hH,
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. GiZv0>*x
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 v>XAzA
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 s6DmZ^Y%
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. +jEtu[ ;
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 ; ,vGw<|o
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 b p[wr
例句: I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. a-cLy*W,~
我知道你丢了钱夹,不过既然这件事已经发生了,就让它去,不要做无益的后悔。 \80W?9qj
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 hfJeVT-/v
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. {4y#+[
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 %W(/W9B$/F
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. M+L8~BD@
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 Irc(5rD7
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 U.GRN)fL4
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. d:L|BkQ7*
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 R<)^--n
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(10)for good 永远 SWLt5dV
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. }eK.\_t=
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 (-[73v-w
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 ,J4rKGG
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. Yo*.? Mq'
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 l+UUv]:1
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 k
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例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. ED;rp9(
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 PC<[$~
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 @OGHS}-\
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. vve L|j
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 nJhaI
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(14) get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁,难以相处 ~QngCg-5q
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. Fl}{"eCF8
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 M-V{(
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. \\)9QP?
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 !zQbF&>
例句: The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯,企图抓住一根救命稻草。 2r"J"C
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 ' 4.T1i,
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