常用的英语idioms(八)
1)dish out：字面意义是distribute；dispense 分发；引申义：批评指责(某人)，但不接受别人的批评
例句：Boy, she's always dishing out advice to you~
I know. She can dish it out but can't take it.
2)sit tight：wait patiently 耐心等待
3)to have no call to do sth.：to not have the right to do sth. 没有权利做某事
She had no call to judge me. 她没有资格评判我。
4)to get owned：get humiliated 被羞辱
5)still wet behind the ears (at sth.)：still learning how to do it；you are an amateur. 非专业人员/无经验
He's still wet behind the ears. 他仍然需要学习/新手。
6)Let's light this candle：Let's start it. 让我们开始吧。
7)What's the drill?：What's the proper procedure；What am I supposed to do; How do you want me to do
流程步骤是什么？我该怎么做？
What's the drill for getting a Christmas card? (or to get a Christmas card)
8)take a dip：go for a swim 泡个澡；去游泳
9)collateral damage：军事行动中对平民或非军事建筑造成的) 附带损害
10)rub sb. the wrong way：give a bad impression；to make sb. feel bad about you 让人感到不舒服；触犯某人(颇有“逆鳞”的味道)
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