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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. >iS`pb
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 vG \a1H
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. I^ oE4o
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。 jV(6>BAI_
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（3）clown around 胡闹 sp@E8G%xO
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. ,K:ll4{b
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。
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例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. . uNQBBNv
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 0 IQ'3 _
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. e</$ s
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 @ym/2 7cRE
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 Bi@&nA hn@
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. N}\[Gr
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。 qF 9NQ;
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 #2`D`>7456
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. ~rjTF!
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ]v#r4Ert
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例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. E~LT b )
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 q5>v'ZS o
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 8ssJ<LP
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（10）for good 永远 T97]P- }
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. 4(-b x.V
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 p-+K4
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 BL 3gKx.'
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. a,78l@d(
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 (%O@r!{
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 }8;[O
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例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. V'w@rc\XN
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 w&xDOyW ]
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 m^ x6>9,
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. au,t%8AC
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。 ^<X@s1^ #
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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 @y31NH(
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. waKT{5k
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 4nAa`(62
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. 7} jWBK
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 ! ZU2{
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 ~^+0
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。 h[Gg}N!
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 Ew3ibXD
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