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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. }E&:
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 {WTy/$ Qk
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. 6|4ID"
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。 (7"CYAe:;
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(3)clown around 胡闹 DyUS^iz~o
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. ZsP>CELm@
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 l,UOP[j
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(4) cook up 虚构 qu;$I'Ul%
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. T sdgg?#
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 rrG}; A
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 @yF>=5z:
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. Bc'Mj=>;
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 bicbCC6kC
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 AN)r(86L
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. r,:acK
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。 ~G.MaSm
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 b&RsxW7
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. 02-% B~oP
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 !iK{q0
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 $h5QLN
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. =o'g5Be<F
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 xWM?E1@
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 Y3SV6""y/
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. $v5 >6+-n
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 G?Za/G
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(10)for good 永远 3r[s_Y*
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. z|zEsDh;
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 gLK0L%"5
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. tqjjn5!
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 }]^/`n
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 ?A-f_0<0
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. "6v_<t`q"
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 CY$
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 t$?#@8Yk
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. }'Ph^
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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。 $f>(TW
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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 $9u:Ox
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例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. -z%->OUu
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 qx*N-,M%k(
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. 9Q\RCl_1
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 6P)D M
例句: The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯,企图抓住一根救命稻草。 dJlK'zK
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 Bj\Us$cZ
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