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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. 7g5sJj
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 :>'^l?b'WX
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. @.- g
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。 o:#MP(h,N
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（3）clown around 胡闹 .F.4fk
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. @4h .?
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 N40.GL0s
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（4） cook up 虚构 KEsMes(*
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. zb~!>
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我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 DJrE[wI
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 XN]kNJX
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. 4NwGP^ n
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 lcvWx%/o@
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 Qm,| 'y:Tg
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. br <,?
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。 ,g{` M]Ov
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 -U"(CGb5
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. ?`,UW; Br6
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 $t-HJ<!
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 c^UG}:Y
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ]gkI:scPA
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 O} QTg
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 >m T2g
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. GKtG#jZ&
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（10）for good 永远 v%= G~kF}[
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. c5<M=$
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 pb}QP
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 c&AA< 6pkv
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. +l2{EiQw
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 yu<sd}@
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. O@ '/B" &
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 a*NcL(OC
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 ]U! ?{~
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. U8?QyG
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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。
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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 nv*q
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例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. }9aYU;9D
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 65\'(99y U
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. X&TTw/J!^
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 |jk"; h
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。 TV#pUQ3K
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 - ~T LI&[
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