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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. +F>erdV
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 K
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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. ( -@I'CFd
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。 KHM,lj*
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（3）clown around 胡闹 `H9 !Z$7G
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. OU*skc>
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 0%yPuY>
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（4） cook up 虚构 ~b%dBn]n>
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. Oe;1f#` 5
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 Fz5eCe\B
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 lbh7`xCR
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. /XdLdA!v
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 (%9J( 4
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 ViUx^e\
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
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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。 (@bq@0g
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 9 Fg:
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. .Y }k@T40a
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 +6L.a3&(b
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 pi/&WMZ<
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. A[^k4 >
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 gm1RQ^n,@.
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 o<5+v^mt#
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 'L^M"f^I
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 &M=15 uCK
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（10）for good 永远 J8[aVG
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. w ,X J8+B
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 .g.g lQ_~=
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 XRP+0=0
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. (aB:P03
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 l(}l([rdQ
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 _P%PjFQ)
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. \7e 4t
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 KYq<n& s
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 ; NO#/
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. H) rJ >L
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。 :]LW,Eql
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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 !lp7}[k<y
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. q35=_'\ W
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 'Hu+8,xA
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. %Siw>
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 MYVb !
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 oq (W|
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。 SzG? m]
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 [lz H%0
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