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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-rXD
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 3xW:"
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 T'7>4MT(
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 [I%eRo[
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 $%#n*
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 ZGH
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例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. FLQke"6i0:
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 j}Svb1A
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 :kI[Pf!z
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. vgtAJp+p*
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 ;sYDs71y
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 B0yGr\KJ
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 1t/c@YUTy
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 XN
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(10)for good 永远 ={cM6F}a@
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. WLU_t65
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 *^]
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 y'2w*?
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. "'``O~08/
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 [V?HK_~
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 ]6v7iuvI
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. xv$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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