| 释义 |
Examples:get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate—When we get the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (common saying); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.—lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get—lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. get rid of sb once he has served his purpose—get to the heart of (the matter)—lit. examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech the detriment of what you want to say—get to the bottom of (sth.) —lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. get one's finger in the pie—dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie—interrogate and get to the bottom of sth—possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them—go astray and to not know how to get back on the right path [idiom.]— |