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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. GL1 !Z3
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 1}!f.cWV(
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. +B '9!t4 2
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。 F:M3^I
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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. ]}G (@9
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 }EO n=*
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（4） cook up 虚构 5R,/X
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 37!}8
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 -]PW\}w1
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 9!FV. yp%F
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. zYj 8\iER
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 Q_1EAxt
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 +] |J
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. .)u,sYZA|
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。 |)IN20
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 OY`G _=6!N
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. /sdkQ{J!.
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 88)0Xi|]KP
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 'J<KL#og
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 'L0 2lM
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 <v[,A8Q
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 M* QqiE
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. kAbT& Rm"
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 FAU^(]-5m
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（10）for good 永远 P/Sv^d5=e
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. i' |S
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 o~^hsm[44J
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. C `knFGb
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 CWI(Q`((>
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 Nc]oA Y
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. Yq)
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我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 \& AmX8" [
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 iQin|$F_O
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. wTIOCj
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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 t_@%4Wn!1L
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side.
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. R0\E?9P
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 t]" 3vE>
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。 t91v%L
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 pU`Q[HOs
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