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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. b"$?(Y
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 .'=S1|_(
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. Sqi9'-%m
比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。 7@"X?uo%o
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（3）clown around 胡闹 a8TtItN
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. &S(>L[)9
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（4） cook up 虚构 4Wgzp51Aq!
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. ]?]M5rP
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 ~+{*KPiD
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. 0y|1@CS
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 ' ;G/,wB?`
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 hwM<0Jf
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. {- I+
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 uNI&U7_"
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 ~ox}e(x y
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. n#}@| "J
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 fK:4jl-r
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 vk|f"I
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. B{\Y~>]Pj
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 l1]N&jN{
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 S$SCW<LuN
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. /\Nc6Z/ L
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（10）for good 永远 z x<t{e7
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. gH7 +#/
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 \j!/l
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 (_#E17U)_
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. #8XmOJ"W3k
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 1$Dc E>
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 &FmTT8"l
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. t8Pf ~v
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 *JImP9SE
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 f-#:3k*7S
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. PI L)(%X
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'9{2h6u(
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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 H,c1&hb/w
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. )-X8RRw'
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ _886>^b@
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 $MvKwQ/
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. D0 k ,8|
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 @ *J bp
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。 o,j_eheAM
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。
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