| 释义 |
Examples:legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls—lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off—Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung—if you ride a tiger, it's hard get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway—Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan—bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow—old habits are hard change (idiom); It is hard to throw off ingrained habits.—easily forgive, simply release (idiom); let sb off scot free—lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. cut off one's nose to spite one's face—sb who produces a piece of work for sb else pass off as their own—crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery—stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off—lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse—compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off—virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)—Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana—show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around—military achievement (e.g. number of enemy heads cut off)—the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own—be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek—the Strawberry Generation (Taiwanese term, often sarcastic, for those born between 1980 and 1991, well off and influenced by advertising)—Beaufort Sea (off Alaska and British Columbia)—Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan—one who has a little knowledge likes show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest—fig. try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off—Kagoshima, Japanese island prefecture off the south coast of Kyushu—lit. break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat—blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker—sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)—wish you all the best! (when signing off on a correspondence)—when a girl is of age, she must be married off [idiom.]—break off or break open sth. with one's hands—shop around first and you won't get ripped off [idiom.]— |