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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. F3,djZq
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. Mz:t[rfs
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（4） cook up 虚构 /ar/4\b
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. ?&>H^}gDZ
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 YkqauyV^
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. ZPolE_P7
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 2xJT!lN
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 6opu bI<
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（10）for good 永远 gc6T`O-_;
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例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. /Vy8%
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 :i24 @V~){
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. I;!zZ.\
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 +J~q:b.
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. fDa$TbhjI
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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 Y=6b oT
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 vkXdKL(q
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 I 2!0,1Q
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