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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. Q0 PqyobD
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 P^ -x
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. Ty 6 XU!
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。 % [,^2s
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（3）clown around 胡闹 d6W&u~
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. VuBi_v6
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 _#<l -R`
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（4） cook up 虚构 ~9f Ts4U
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. Z,3CMWHg
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 B^1jd!m
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 qyIy xJ
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. .Gno K?
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 3,+Us B%
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 esTK4z]
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. e?aSM
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 n[-d~ Ce2{
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. B*Q.EKD8s
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 I#yd/d5^
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ?$7$ # DX
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ~ "~uXNd
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 ]sI{ +$~:c
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 Dx3Sf}G
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例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. R[lA@q:
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（10）for good 永远 4_eF c$^
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. Io ;26F""
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 9/\=6v C|
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 X<"#=u(
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. qmpU{f s
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 :;x#qtv~Iz
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 K)oN^
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. 6 d CqS
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 iu,Bmf^oD
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 _ `94CC:
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. cW $~86u"C
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。 )3_g& &
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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 PJcz] <
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. #`Et{6W S
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. |Oaj
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 Xp3cYS* u
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。 F9SIC7}uH
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 4VL]v9
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