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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. n[!QrEeR},
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 '"7b;%EN'
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. ^GM3nx$
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。 3,v/zcV
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（3）clown around 胡闹 N}VoO0 I
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 53aJnxX
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 q['D?)sy
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（4） cook up 虚构 -6-rX D
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 3 xW:"
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 T'7>4 MT(
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 [I%e Ro[
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him.
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不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 #y#TEw,
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 2"a%%fv
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. l]&A5tz3
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。 3 $%#n*
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 ZG H
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例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. FLQke"6i0:
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 j}Svb1A
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 :kI[P f!z
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. vgtAJp+p*
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 ; sYDs71y
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 B0yGr\KJ
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 1t/c@YUTy
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 XN
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（10）for good 永远 ={cM6F}a@
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. WLU_t65
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 *^ ]
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 y'2w*?
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. "'``O~08/
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 [ V?HK_~
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 ]6v7iuvI
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. x v$fw>
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 LC=M{ \
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 I&15[:b=-
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. }vB{6E+h/w
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。 W^[QEmyn
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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 +K'YVB
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例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. (L4C1h_]9
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ 34)l3UI~
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 7`L]aRS[
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. 0hkYexX73
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 <<qzZ+u
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 > (n /
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。 ho^c#>81
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 V3*@n *"N;
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