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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. iD!]I$
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 )}R
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例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. Q-f?7*>
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（3）clown around 胡闹 O<qo%fP
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 6y)NH 8l7
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（4） cook up 虚构 G9a6 $K)b
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. {rZ )!
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 Ha20g/ UN.
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 t>( }LV.
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. NT [~AK9M
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 =xsTVT;sj
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 ]kyGm2Ty9
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. Fop'm))C8
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 .
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 ,qO2D_
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. %$SO 9PY
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 si3@R?WR6*
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. =G%L:m*
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 i6D 66 E
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 "\M^jO
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. S -KHot ?
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（10）for good 永远 InR/g@n+D1
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. d,caO E8N
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 JQ]A"xTIa*
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 924a1
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. H{j
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 %w3"B,k'9D
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. c0 u1L@tj
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 "AUHe6Yv
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 2uM\?*T@
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. 0Wc8\c
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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 $:SSm $k
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. U/3 <p8
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 rc +} KO
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. -yP_S~ \n
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 %T'<vw0
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 r;c ILS|Xr
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。 1A.e cv'
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 ?."YP[;
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