essentially means that we are saying, you know, let's hope, wishing for the best you know I'm really praying, hoping that things will go well for you.所以当我们说 fingers crossed 时，我们通常会做这个手势，十指交叉，意味着我们在说让我们希望，我真的在祈祷，希望你的事情顺利。So...
Again if someone is doing something showing an act of kindness to you, has done something particularly nice, has thought about you in a particular way for a reason, whether that's because you were feeling sick and they brought you some soup or fruit, you should of course always share that...
To do something with the hope or intention of producing a positive outcome.I did that for the best—I really wasn't trying to hurt your feelings.It's not like I wanted to break up with Tom. I only did it for the best, because our relationship was going nowhere.Please don't think ...
late than never.第二，better late than never（迟到总比不到好）。Better for someone or something to arrive or happen late than never at all.某人或某事迟到或迟发生总比根本没有好。For example, I've been waiting for my exam results for so long but I suppose better late than never.例如...
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To fill a bathtub with water before bathing.After this crazy week at work, I can't wait to get home, run a bath, and just relax.My husband ran a bath for our daughter while I helped her get out of her clothes. See also:bath,run ...
I was trying to learn Portuguese, but I got frustrated and threw in the towel. 我试着学葡萄牙语,但我学着学者就很烦躁受挫,所以放弃了。 36 time's up 时间到头了 "Time's up" means that the time for something or someone h...
I have a friend who’s trying to teach her children to cook even though they’re very young. I think that’s fantastic and she’s a woman after my own heart.我有个朋友想教她的孩子做饭，尽管他们还很小。我觉得这太棒了，她和我想的一样。3. second to none = be the very best When ...
Yeah, great. So you know we use idioms to get attention, especially in journalism, newspapers, blogs and articles, we often use it for humour. We can make jokes with it or just to emphasize or add colour to what we're trying to say.嗯，很好。所以你知道我们用习语来引起关注，尤其是在...
1 I try my best to do my job well, but sometimes I feel as if I'm just an unimportant person in a massive organisation. [MACHINE] a small cog in the machine 2 I don't want to do anything to prevent your plan from working, but I think you should apply for official permission fir...