A teetotaler is someone who drinks tea, coffee and other liquids but not alcohol. Teatotaler, on the other hand, is a misspelling. What it supposedly stands for is “tea totaler”, presumably someone ...

Here, “rich” does not mean “wealthy” as in: Trump is a billionaire and, hence, a very rich man. Here, instead, “rich” means ...

Anyways, all joking aside, “having nothing to show for it” is an expression that means exactly what it says: You’ve done ...

Anyways, getting hit in the pocket means paying a price, losing money and getting hurt in the monetary sense, i.e.

Dawn and sunrise are two different things in English. Dawn begins when it starts to get light, before the sun appears. Sunrise starts when the first part of the sun can be seen at the horizon. 在英语中黎明 ...

学几个与“wait”、“sick”等相对应的习语表达 习语表达“hold your horses”可以表达相同的含义，但听起来更地道。“Sick”、“stay positive”、“take a nap” 相对应的习语表达是什么？看视频。

Got it? Yes. To be “rich by default” is to be rich without having to work for it. Now, that’s because a royal family, such as the royal family in England, has been rich for a long time. That means ...

“In the saddle” is similar to “in the driver’s seat”, the latter referring to the seat on which a driver of an automobile sits. Needless to say, “in the saddle” were more popular before the advent of ...

Forcing someone’s hand is an expression that finds its origin in bridge, the card game. Here, “hand” refers to the cards a player holds in his HAND. Specifically, “hand” in “forced his hand” refers to ...

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2025年1月5日，海关总署出台15项措施支持新时代进一步推动西部大开发形成新格局。 China's General Administration of Customs on January 5, 2025 unveiled 15 measures aimed at further advancing the large-scale development of the country's ...