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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. w5&UG/z%l
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 <p<gx*%
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. K
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(3)clown around 胡闹 2+Fq'!
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. O ^e
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这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 Y RA[qc
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(4) cook up 虚构 Mr`u!T&sc
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class.
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 {yfG_J
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. Z4t9q`}h
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 uQ&xoDCB
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. LoTq2 /
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。 a?D\H5TF-
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助
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例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. vK$T$SL
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 t#<q O6&