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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. `]XI Q\ *
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 !khEep}
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. {, +c
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。 Z+J4 q9^$
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（3）clown around 胡闹 i,a" 5D R8
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. X~c?C-fV
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 .#$2,"8
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（4） cook up 虚构 dzPewOre*
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 3B
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 0
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例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. ocJG4#
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 L/exR6M7
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 FA$32*v
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. j]<K%lwp
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 uW[[8+t|
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 G%t>Ll`` C
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 4d4+%5GE
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ;-kDJ i
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ? \, ^>4x?
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ekt U,Oo
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 /G'3 !S
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. CCe>*tdf
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 jJNCNH*0
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（10）for good 永远 z77>W}d
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. @:9Gs!!
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 DJ:'<"zH7
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 mA+:)?e5~
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. %8tE*3iUF
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 3EICdC
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 4F6aPo2
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. >- \bLr
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 4A!]kj 5T
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 V&s|I oTR
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. P a{
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 }ARA K ^%
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 ?l^Xauk4Pj
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. ^D$|$= |DH
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ PVBz~rG
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 2.Qz"YDh
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. QE\
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 0yI1r7yNB+
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。 *c94'T cl
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 .PUp3 X-
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