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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. @LMV ?
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 !=Vh2UbC3
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 VA
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例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. /:L&uqA
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。 Kmf-l*7}
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（3）clown around 胡闹 ="TOa"Zk
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. jw%FZ
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 #FDu 4xi
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（4） cook up 虚构 *Lk&@(
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. cXE y>U|/
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 ( L
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 1Y0oo jD
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. |0 pB BDw
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 UY& W]
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 >v4~:n2D
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. W)P_t"'@L
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。 #7:9XID /
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 o;-! ?uJ
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 2{tJ '3
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ~#x!N=q
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ,&l *AB!
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. lVBy&f
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 <6@NgSFz'
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. Oua/NF)
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 jM@I"JZ b
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（10）for good 永远 ! g :G{b
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. ?\$/#zak
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 (c7{dYV
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 g/Nj|: 3
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. 5DBd
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我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 J_ Xf :Mz-
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 o;P ;=<
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. (NV=YX?s
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 WD1$"}R
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 q&S .C9W
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. ] ]-0RJ=S?
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 _C#( )#
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 <NsT[r ~C
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. Nfvg[c
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ 6$;)CO!h
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 r ?> Hg+
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. @g2L=XF
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 }u)G ERWO
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 ;lt;]7
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。 j[eEyCW[)
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 5Rp2 O4Z
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