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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. O&uOm: /(
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 Z WH`s
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. |)?T([
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。 U$}]zaB
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（3）clown around 胡闹 l(W3|W#P
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. G 2##M8:U0
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 ;d4_l:9p
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（4） cook up 虚构 fx},.P=:*
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. o\N}?Z,Kk
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 5o*x?P!$
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 .67W\p
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. "]<Ut{Xb
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 .xx9tP}Xy
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 : %gBcL9T
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. (0r6_8e6xv
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。 HO>uS> +
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 "rtmDNpL
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 3h&s=e!
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 Z)<>d.
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 42M3c& @P
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. (iFhn*/
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 Y]PZ| G)
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. U\N`[k.F
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（10）for good 永远 (DU{o\=
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. _
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 y<
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例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. 5o?bF3
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 9ccEF6o0=
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. c!c!;(
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 3HD=)k
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 ?^5x
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例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. P7 n~Ui~U
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。 ]Q+Tm2{
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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 ty ~U~
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. hikun 2
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 *m2 :iChY
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. {r"HR%*u
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 "(5M }5D
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。 w*?JW
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 $ _zdjzT
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