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If people call someone a Pinocchio, they believe this person is very prone to telling a lie.
A road map here is a metaphor. What they have is not a map of roads, but a clear and detailed business plan .
If you do something that is described as in bad taste, you do something that is unpleasant, displeasing, discomforting.
北京平均的PM2.5水平相当于每人每天吸烟六分之一支,而中国每两个男人就有一个人抽烟,这比雾霾吓人的多。所以真正需要做的是少油盐的饮食和不吸烟。
They shake hands with him in public, saying “Glad to meet you” and so forth but the next moment they’re cursing him with closed teeth.
If we say something is in the cards, we mean to say that they’re likely to happen.
When people say someone is sailing too close to the wind, they are saying that this person is doing something exceedingly risky or improper.
A plan on shifting sand won’t work because it doesn’t have a solid foundation.
80后初中时能耍帅的东西就那么几样,要么打球要么换发型,学习太好的孩子们要么是一肚子知识不会讲,要么就是体育太差。于是乎,当众演讲,一种结合了智力和勇气的方式,成为很多孩子们羡慕的能力。
That means a safety net that prevents one from total failure and doom in society at large. Put another way, it helps one survive socially when the going gets tough.
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