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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. 59A}}.@?m
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 y%T_pTcU
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. <'*LRd$1
比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。 \8cx6 G'
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（3）clown around 胡闹 >GRxHK@G
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. F41=b4/
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 (A#^l=su
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（4） cook up 虚构 0h_|t-9j
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. +<C!U'
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 5 ;EvNu
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 *] X'( /b_
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. &QgR*,5eo
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 %h@EP[\
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 L0o\J` :
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. L8B! u9%
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 {wKB;?fUvk
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 [W&T(%(W-
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. !Vk^TFt`
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 %ET+iIhK
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 /N{*"s2)
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 9'B `]/L
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 MQ2}EY*A
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 z{QqY.Gu{G
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. GbI/4<)l}
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 z24q3 3O
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（10）for good 永远 L4W5EO$
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. yG {TH0tq
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 @0''k
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 >t+P (*u
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. At ;LO9T3z
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 xm oxZW:
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 "AqB$^S9t
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. LS[]=Mk@1
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 KI.hy2?e
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 fz_r7?
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. ueNS='+m
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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 {!`6zBsP
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. er\|i. Y
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 3so %gvY.'
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. %yC,^
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 fP1! )po
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。 ar,7S&s H
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 n6 v6K1
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