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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. 4o8HEq!
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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.
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 9 W
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（4） cook up 虚构 DcM+K@1E4^
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. `SbX`a0p2
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 zL {@LHP
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 x1ex}_\
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. ,;& PKY
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 90I 3_[Ii
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 t`D@bzLC%
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. f}uCiV!?v
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 c8W=Is`
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. R-|]GqS}L
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 a"N_zGf2$
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. Vp94mi#L }
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 1T`"/*!
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 ~ 1!kU 4
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 9_dsiM7CT
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（10）for good 永远 NP/2gjp
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. Z@u mbyM
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 .
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例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. 7K4%`O
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 t)+dW~g
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. GDntGTE~sk
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 ,5WDYk-
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 wAPdu y[
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. );LwWKa
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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 u' ][3
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. 14zzWzKx
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 EeJ] >
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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。 jz0 \F,s
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 &*SnDuc
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