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问题		答案
stop wasting your time talking about the matter that cannot be settled the way you would like it 开始学习		flog a dead horse
someone tends to make plans that can never be fulfilled 开始学习		build castles in the air
something doesn’t sound true 开始学习		hold water
celebrate something 开始学习		paint the town red
achieved the required level of knowledge 开始学习		All the students made the grade and were complimented on by their teachers
feel scared 开始学习		get cold feet
experience hardship, especially financial 开始学习		feel the pinch
do something that is considered to be impossible 开始学习		Trying to convince the management to change their policy is like squaring the circle
to challenge someone's statement or threat because it is not believed 开始学习		call somebody’s bluff
The amount you’ve been arguing about is not worth the squabble 开始学习		Stop splitting hairs
do something innovative 开始学习		break new ground in biotechnology
conform to another's actions 开始学习		follow suit
make a great effort to think of or remember something 开始学习		Jenny racked her brains but could not remember which magazine she had seen the advertisement in
be in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation 开始学习		clutch at straws
make an extraordinarily strenuous effort to do something 开始学习		i sweated blood over it
to try to settle a disagreement or dispute with words intended to placate or pacify those involved 开始学习		manage to put oil on the troubled waters
have a private reason for doing or being involved in something 开始学习		have an axe to grind
to try and make an idea or piece of work seem bad by finding all the things that are wrong or missing 开始学习		pick holes in somebody’s reasoning
make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark (informal british) 开始学习		I realized I had dropped a brick by asking Mrs Hobson about her son’s name
closed the business 开始学习		put up the shutters
failed to obtain what one has been striving for 开始学习		draw a blank
gain riches in a dishonest way 开始学习		feather one’s nest
give up participation in an unprofitable activity 开始学习		cut one’s losses
be fired from work 开始学习		get the chop
start doing something before the set time 开始学习		jump the gun
start behaving better 开始学习		turn over a new leaf
to seem angry all the time because you think you have been treated unfairly or feel you are not as good as other people 开始学习		chip on the shoulder
prevent someone from carrying out a plan (British) 开始学习		put a spoke in their wheel
rise in status or wealth 开始学习		come up in the world
idk lmao 开始学习		cast a wide net

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