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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. `_5{:
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 4n, >EA8 5
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. DE _ <LN
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。 7C@%1kL
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（3）clown around 胡闹 KO5! (vi@
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 3zuY N-;
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 %[H|3
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（4） cook up 虚构 4-veO3&.h
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. zKX|m-i|2
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 3"y,Ut KGa
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 }D\ i1/Y
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. ~_Q1+ ax}
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 W"*~1$vf
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 Z@{e\ sZ)
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. d\A!5/LG
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 ),]XN#jp(u
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 :B"Y3~I
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 9L9+zs3 k
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 9s@$P7N5B
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 6y+}=)J
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. EQ> ] ~
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 W$ag
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 K \_JG $(9
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. lD\ vq 2
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 r\DA&b
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（10）for good 永远 =UMqa ;\K
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. 1O@
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每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 6A,-?W'\
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 <b$.{&K
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. Qvl3 =[S
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 2{fPQQ ;#
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 T99\R%
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. b!3Y<D*
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 {Jn*{5tZ>
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 \GEf,%U<K
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. bfl%yGkd/|
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。 Hm*?<o9mxC
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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 i]M:ntB"
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. *
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 nht? 58
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. ~rICPR
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 [+4/M3J%
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 rI.CCPY~s
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。 HyKv5S$
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 >hsvRX\_ `
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