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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. @:!% Z`
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 *|0W3uy\Y
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. Z vyF"4QN
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（3）clown around 胡闹 6+PP(>em
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. (.{. "
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 }:0HM8B7!
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（4） cook up 虚构 lb"T'} q
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. S%7 bM~J@
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 ~IQjQz?
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. k<"N^+GSz
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 =ae hhs>
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 v 57Kr ,
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. do%.KIk
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 d{C8}U
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. U2JxzHXZ
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ' 94HVag
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. T16B2|C"Y
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 rj5)b:c}
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. h 'is#X 6:
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（10）for good 永远 ;:Kc{B.s
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. ];0:aSi#
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 kaC n@$
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. b1ZHfe:
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 Ax!fvcsN
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. O}7 aX '
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 \l 3M\$oS>
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 RWn#" ~
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. "xD5>(|^+Q
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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 "n<u(m8E
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. +,9Muf h
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 b55 G1w
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. q?&J S
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 .q$/#hN:e
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。 "QY~V{u 5
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 ,k/<Nv;
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