释义 |
Examples:do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work—say one thing and do another [idiom.]—sit still and do nothing—do not punish severely (and do not reward too generously)—(go ahead and do it) without hesitating—watch from the sidelines and do nothing [idiom.]—eat three square meals a day and do no work [idiom.]—hit the target and do real damage [idiom.]—stand aside and do nothing [idiom.]—Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it—(do sth) and that will suffice—handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); do sth skillfully and easily—disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable—fig. do nothing but eat and drink—fig. Do what you want do openly and without dissimulation.—Let's wait and see and then decide what do.—do things simply and thriftily—honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own—lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree—bad people and good people do not mix—stretch a hand and grab it (idiom); easy do—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—fig. do sth routinely and with ease—do sth by fits and starts—be eager and anxious (to do sth)—lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go inthe same vessel [idiom.]—do sth and not report the fact [idiom.]— |