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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. Pil_zQ4
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 Z?<&@YQS
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. uhm 3}mWv
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。 h:AB`E1
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（3）clown around 胡闹
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 0<Xx R6w
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（4） cook up 虚构 I &%KOe0
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. Eb7GiRT #
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 "$n ff=]
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 eMLcm ZJR
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. FN<S agj
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 l`A e&nc6
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 0m,q3
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. `< 82"cAT{
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 hK UK#xx
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 Ov#G 7 a"
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. d}2(G2z ^
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 7fC:' 1]G
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 M2nWvU$
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 489xoP
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 G-TD9OgZ
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 \iA.{,VX
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 9DmF a5E
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（10）for good 永远 1'%n?\OK66
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. XFv^j SF
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 t 2,?+ q$x
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. e8eNef L$
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 h2 y<vO
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. "vfpG7CG
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 ]wUH*\(y
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 T7^?j :kJ/
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. C;%1XFzM
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。 B2Kh~Xd
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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 A`* l+M^z
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. bZ #5\L2
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 nwVW'M]r
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. 4>Y*owa4
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 SPp|/ [i7
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。 _h I81Lzq
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 hOYP~OR
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