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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. ""Ul 6hRgv
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 1-Fg_G}|6
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. [?3 */*V
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。 34VyR
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（3）clown around 胡闹 O+;0|4V%
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. *S _e:^
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 X! 5N2x
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（4） cook up 虚构 AH`n
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. u#5/s 8
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 :LRR\v0HM
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 -_=0PW5{
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. MLg<YL
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 pT]M ]/y/:
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 #!p=P<4M
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. <% eY>E
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 EM/NT/
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. f@l 6]z{.L
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ~Z U;0#
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 A7U'>r_.
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. Wz$%o'OnC
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 @k~?h=o\b
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 )
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例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. <B6@q4Q
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（10）for good 永远 <'A>7M~h?*
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. C%d 4ItB >
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 7}bjJR "
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 JV'd!5P
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. /=Ug}% .
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 p>v,b&06
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. -Hzn7L
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 ^|}C!t+
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 J<DV7zV
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. b~06-dk1
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 4W8rb'B!Ay
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. |Hn[XRsf
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 20m6-rkI<}
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. P
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 S-Va_ t$
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。 /rp4m& !
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 b{)('C$
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