| 释义 |
Examples:don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—let everyone know one's position—In order capture, one must let loose.—easily forgive, simply release (idiom); let sb off scot free—use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)—lit. let the big cup fly and the small cup walk—indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild—indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild—lit. let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities—lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow inothers' field—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly—leave the net open on three sides (idiom); let the caged bird fly—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones—a hundred flowers bloom (idiom); let the arts have free expression—let emotions affect one's decisions—the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")—let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)—let one's imagination roam—let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)—you let me win (said politely after winning a game)—put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—let sb. off (punishment, taxation etc)— |