SSA 成语

character assassination

saying things that ruin a person's reputation, muckrake """What did they say about him?"" ""It was mainly gossip and character assassination."""

get the message

understand clearly what is meant I told him three times but I don

get the message/the word

understand clearly what is meant 理解；完全了解
The teacher talked to the students about being on time，and most of them got the message．老师要学生养成守时的习惯，大部分同学都了解他的意思。
Miss Li hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up，but he didn't get the message．李小姐暗示她的男友要和他分手，但他并没有理解她的意思。

get the message word

assault and battery

Idiom(s): assault and battery

Theme: ATTACK

a violent attack [upon someone] followed by a beating. (A criminal charge. Fixed order.)
• Max was charged with two counts of assault and battery.
• Dave does not go out at night because he does not want to be a victim of assault and battery.

Renaissance man

A Renaissance man is a person who is talented in a number of different areas, especially when their talents include both the sciences and the arts.

get the word|get|get the message|message|word

v. phr., slang To understand clearly what is meant. The principal talked to the students about being on time, and most of them got the message. Mary hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up, but he didn't gel the message.
Compare: THE PICTURE.

bird of passage

bird of passage
A transient, one who is here today and gone tomorrow. For example, Mary moves nearly every year; she's a true bird of passage. This phrase transfers the literal meaning of a migrating bird to human behavior. [Second half of 1700s]

message

message
see get the message.

renaissance

renaissance
the Renaissance
1) the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the 14th, 15th, and 16th cent., based on classical sources: it began in Italy and spread gradually to other countries and marked the transition from the medieval world to the modern
2) the period of this revival