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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. odu DA:
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 .p6+l!"
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 ]]iPEm"@
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. WQePSU
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。 }iN2KeLAF
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（3）clown around 胡闹 3.R#&Zxt
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. _D!g4"
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 x5si70BKC/
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（4） cook up 虚构 E+xuWdp.*
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. pw020}`
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 i^"+5Eq[D
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 =[tSd)D,y
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. 2 h |e
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 H=MCjh&$q
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 % 1U`@0
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. 9}tG\0tL *
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。 h 8 @
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 kJK,6mN
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 2 YxT MT
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 rjWLMbd.<
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 = P77"Dd
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. QBJ3i Qs1
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 j6}R7 $JR
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 fZWGn6$
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. akuJz
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 -e@!
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（10）for good 永远 C*6S@4k
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. IO$z%r7
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 b`mj_b
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 *wbZ;rfF
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. 8cg`7(a
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 D^F{u Dlb
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 \k8rxW
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. keAcKhj
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 }E^S]hdvz
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 $ItF])Bj5N
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. HL{$ ^l#v
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。 r4 dOK] 0
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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 V9 }t0$LN
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. |1=
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 v6a]1B
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. Jc*XXu)
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 kMxazx 1
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 w5C*L)l
例句： The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。 BNGe
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 *<V^2z$y_
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