邀学友出贴 --- Word of the Day

yearshappy · 发表于 3-10-2018 22:32:07

yping88 发表于 3-10-2018 22:07
Doesn't that look exactly like a birdie?

Definitely. You've stretched out the twist.

yping88 · 发表于 4-10-2018 08:38:07

Humanitarian at its finest

yping88 · 发表于 4-10-2018 10:40:55

We have him in our pocket

Address the elephant in the room

Show me up at someone else's expense

yping88 · 发表于 4-10-2018 11:00:35

Peas in a pod

yping88 · 发表于 4-10-2018 20:52:08

Jack of all trades, master of none

yping88 · 发表于 4-10-2018 21:17:35

Off grid

yping88 · 发表于 5-10-2018 20:56:15

an allegation made out of thin air

Our friendship has been through thick and thin

yearshappy · 发表于 5-10-2018 21:52:31

yping88 发表于 5-10-2018 20:56
an allegation made out of thin air

Our friendship has been through thick and thin

vanish into thin air
fat chance (no chance at all)
the chance is slim (a slight chance probably)

yping88 · 发表于 6-10-2018 19:06:11

Pick up the tab

Think tank

mite · 发表于 7-10-2018 16:05:32

现在才知道没有EXPEDIATE这个字

是EXDEDITE拼错了才有这么个很多人用的动词哈哈

yping88 · 发表于 8-10-2018 20:21:23

Cross your t's, dot your i's

yping88 · 发表于 9-10-2018 08:46:11

Get all your ducks in a row

yping88 · 发表于 10-10-2018 20:45:37

Thin end of the edge

Thick end of the edge

yping88 · 发表于 13-10-2018 19:25:41

本帖最后由 yping88 于 13-10-2018 21:01 编辑

Fight tooth and nail--Fight like hell

We grew up in each other's pocket--Closest childhood friends hanging out every day

yping88 · 发表于 13-10-2018 19:59:41

Land with one's bum in the butter---Extremely lucky

yping88 · 发表于 13-10-2018 20:46:45

Counter-intuitive: go against common sense

yping88 · 发表于 15-10-2018 17:09:45

butt-headed: Argue uncompromisingly, stubborn

Make one's bones: To do something criminal to earn one's own status, or respect in a group or gangs

Throw in a towel: To quit in defeat, To admit that you are defeated

A chip off the old block: Exactly like his father

An apple does not fall far from the tree: Like father, like son

yping88 · 发表于 15-10-2018 19:08:53

Double down: Strengthen one's commitment to some strategy or action that's particularly risky

yearshappy · 发表于 16-10-2018 08:39:47

yping88 发表于 4-10-2018 21:52
Jack of all trades, master of none

Is it like Mr know-All, none is good?

yearshappy · 发表于 16-10-2018 08:43:16

本帖最后由 yearshappy 于 16-10-2018 09:46 编辑

yping88 发表于 13-10-2018 20:59
Land with one's bum in the butter---Extremely lucky

This is a reflection of the food culture, butter is desirable and therefore seen lucky to sit in it.

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