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●ˌtop and ˈtail sth(BrE) to cut the top and bottom parts off fruit and vegetables to prepare them to be cooked or eaten 去掉（水果、蔬菜）的两端；砍掉…的两头 Alliteration in idioms belt and braces, (beat somebody) black and blue, born and bred, chalk and cheese, chop and change, done and dusted, down and dirty, in dribs and drabs, eat somebody out of house and home, facts and figures, fast and furious, first and foremost, forgive and forget, hale and hearty, hem and haw, kith and kin, mix and match, part and parcel of something, puff and pant, go to rack and ruin, rant and rave, risk life and limb, short and sweet, signed and sealed, spic and span, through thick and thin, this and that, top and tail something, tried and testedtrusted, wax and wane See also tail |