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Middle ground?

By taking or playing the middle ground, you're trying to seek an agreement rather than a prolonged conflict.

跟着奥巴马学写慰问信

奥巴马的演讲技巧一流，他在各类场合发表的慰问声明也值得研究学习。

Father Time is undefeated

When they say “Father Time is undefeated”, what does it mean?

Looking the other way?

To look the other way is to refuse to look at a problem directly and tackle it head on.

Hard yards?

When they say so-and-so's “hard yards go unrewarded”, what does it mean?

Off base?

When they criticize someone for “making some totally off base remark”, what does it mean?

Mount Rushmore?

LeBron James says that he will eventually be on the NBA’s Mount Rushmore, what does it mean?

深度水解"玛丽苏"

玛丽苏，即Mary Sue的音译，1973年诞生于国外的同人小说(fan fiction)圈。

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Sticking your neck out

“I like mine a lot, but I wouldn't stick my neck out and say the other one is inferior”, what does it mean?

Out of the woods?

Does the stock market upswing mean we are out of the woods? What woods?

Just a bad apple?

A few bad ones in an organization will make the whole group look bad or rotten.

Touch base?

To touch base is to make contact after a hiatus to see if everything is OK.

Thrown under the bus?

"Under the bus" is a metaphor here, meaning a terrible thing will happen.

Return to the hot desk?

Hot desk, you see, means he's sharing a desk with colleagues at work.

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