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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. - f z
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 ?@(_GrE-
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. $/5Jc[Ow
比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。 q+3Z3v
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. {IYfq)c
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 @YMef `T:
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（4） cook up 虚构 @xm O\
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 1SP )`Q
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 *|Q'?ty(x
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 x<"1T
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例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. 5iz]3]}%
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 )(9>r /bq
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 rm;'/l8Y-E
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. Ps+0qqT*
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 MmI4J$F
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 ixw3Z D(>+
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. VljAAt
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 dd@^e)VZB
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 VtUe$ft
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ;RflzY|D
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 j5|_SQOmt
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 >E|@3g
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例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. [pUw(KV2m
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 \6-x ~ %xK
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（10）for good 永远 +J}
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例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. bTHKMaGWC
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 FAfk;<#'n+
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 8;ke,x
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. dFS>uIT7X
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 /1F%w8Iqh
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 Bq.@CxK
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. _7'9 omq@
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 PEac0rSW
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 uz -, )
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. !Y>lAx d
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 U&yXs'3a&
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 ?:vp3f#
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. F B9PIsFS
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 (9%
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. M$~3`n*^
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 FRd!UqMXY
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 P?p>'avP
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。 <nlZ ?~%}
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