NM 成语

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there's something rotten in the state of Denmark

something is wrong, something is strange, there's something fishy "Father knew I was tricking him. He said, ""Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."""

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binman

a refuse collector, a dustbin man

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government cheese

on welfare

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G.I.|GI|Government|Government Issue|Issue

(Government Issue) n. An American soldier. After the war many GI's were able to get a free education.

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consignment

consignment
on consignment
shipped or turned over to a dealer for sale, with payment to the owner to follow sale

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enlightenment

enlightenment
the Enlightenment
1) a mainly 18th-cent. European philosophical movement characterized by a reliance on reason and experience rather than dogma and tradition and by an emphasis on humanitarian political goals and social progress
2) the period of this movement

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on consignment

on consignment
Turning over goods for an agent to sell, with the provision that payment is made only on completed sales and that unsold goods may be returned to the consignor. For example, This secondhand shop accepts items of clothing on consignment. [c. 1700]