(1)call the shots 做决断 2HO2
例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. DwGRv:&HH
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 M`n0
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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. Eh^gR`I
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。 RN&6z"|jR
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(3)clown around 胡闹 /dO*t4$ @?
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. @/,0()* dL
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 zs6rd83#
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(4) cook up 虚构 IrUoAQ2xpG
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. V?)YQB
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 eX1_=?$1P
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 `A9fanh
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. *{,}pK2*
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 X.sOZb?$
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 SAiaC _
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. V qcw2
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。 *mH&Gn1
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 pedyWA>
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. T"t.t%(8
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 +:W/=C
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 EeHghq
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird.
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百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 %k<+#j6ZH
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 hXvC>ie(i
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. qHgzgS7a
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 3-oKY*jO
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(10)for good 永远 e,Z[Nox
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. zJ$U5r/u
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 <,Pl31g^
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 [+8*}03
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. el\xMe^SY
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 ]TJ258P}
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 97 ,Y q3
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. u1gD*4+
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 Nf)SR#;
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 "&{.g1i9
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. 6J_$dzw
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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 sgnc$x"
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. @^J>. g
你今天怎么啦?为什么乱发脾气? sy-#Eo#3
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 NB5lxaL
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. R T~oJ~t;
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 ta<8~n^?
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 qu^~K.I"
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。 _0ZU I^#
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 R<vbhB/lU
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