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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. %? _pSH}$!
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 &?/h#oF@\
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. #Z}\;a{vZ
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。 $)mE"4FE
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（3）clown around 胡闹 ?I`']|I
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. kh 1 7
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 ~ DVAk|fc
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（4） cook up 虚构 ! SD?
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. >.SU= HG;
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 1/3Go97/qV
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 Io {)@H"f
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. .3A66 O~zT
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 I '
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 l[l('-f
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. "N"9PTX
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 S-npJh
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 [(5;jUmF@
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. !t{3IE
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ]k_@F6 A
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 (+38z)f
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. {$ H W_\w
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 &|IY =$-
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 <jQ?l% \
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 9@ #Z6[=R,
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 u} JL*}Q
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（10）for good 永远 j\("d4n%C
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. $O HY^IE(
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 #]oVVf_
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 AM1 J ^Dp
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. "6lf~%R"
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 OA_:_%a(
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 )$I;)` q
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. /<9VKMR_k
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 :z56!qU
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 <K%qaf
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. vX]\Jqy
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。 -wy$ ?Ha
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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 0iinr:=u
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. 4WG~7eIgy
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 YW}q@A Y7
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. (!& cfabL
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 _y#t[|}w
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 *T*=~Y4kE
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。 `$jc=ZLm
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 G %
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