(1)call the shots 做决断 `0@z"D5c
例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. b# ='^W3
作为领导,你应该知道怎么做决断。 !8/gL
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 K*+6`z#fMF
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. GTAf
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。 N|Habua<Xw
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(3)clown around 胡闹 eaAPKx
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. niWx^gKb$
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 ,LUTHWEo"I
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(4) cook up 虚构 -nR\,+N
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. m~>@BCn;
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 39D }
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 ChE_unw
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. M-Sv1ZLh
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 2w4MJ,Uw
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 F,pCR7o>
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. '9q6aM/&
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。 (("OYj
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 jBRPR
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例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. xZ+]QDKC
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 ;J=:IEk
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 '{VM>Q
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 1VLLo~L%
百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 D^$OCj\
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 L_?$ayZ;
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. x+:zq<0|
毋庸置疑,这是你们系最好的演讲者。 TSQhX~RN
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(10)for good 永远 UH20n{_:
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. ' ^a!`"Bc
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 )eR$:uO
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 XKSX#cia
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. @T7PZB&xnl
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 Tz` ,{k
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 5;Ia$lm=y
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. A.U'Q|
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 PEzia}m
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 7$_
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例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. WG%2<Q^
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 sX'nn
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(14) get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁,难以相处 6x4_b
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. kzi|$Gs<