at the bottom of (something) 成语

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep (something) under one

keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.

let (something) go

pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.

let (something) ride

continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.

look (something) up

search for something in a dictionary or other book I

play on/upon (something)

cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.

at the basal of (something)

The axial or axiological account or aspect of something. There is a lot of acrimony amid advisers of the corporation, and at the basal of it all is the activity of actuality unappreciated by high management. I feel like antipathy is at the basal of every changing disagreement.Learn more: bottom, of

bottom of it, at the/get to the

To ascertain the agent of a problem, or the axiological accuracy of an affair or event. The chat “bottom” has been acclimated in this way (to beggarly ultimate cause) back the sixteenth century. Shakespeare acclimated it abundant times, as in “Is there no benevolence . . . that sees into the basal of my grief?” (Romeo and Juliet, 3.5). Several aboriginal proverbs additionally accredit to “bottom” in this way: “If thou canst not see the bottom, attack not”; and “He brought the bottome of the bag cleane out” (John Heywood, 1546). The avant-garde anthropologist James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, wrote in 1773 (Of the Agent and Progress of Language), “In adjustment to get to the basal of this question.”Learn more: bottom, get, of, to

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play it by ear play it cool play it for all it's worth play it safe play it up play my cards right play off play on my heart strings play on/upon (something) play on words play one play out play second fiddle play second fiddle to someone play (someone) for something play the field play the fool at somebody's expense at somebody's feet at someone's at someone's beck and call at someone's elbow at someone's expense at someone's feet, be at someone's heels at someone's request at someone's service at stake at stud at sword's point at swords' points at that at that point at that point in time at that rate at the at the (very) outside at the appointed time at the back of (one's) mind at the back of beyond at the back of your mind at the best of times at the bottom of (something) at the bottom of the food chain at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the bottom/top of the pile/heap at the break of dawn at the buzzer at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the crossroads at the cutting edge at the cutting edge of something at the disposal of (someone) at the dot at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of (one's) fingertips at the end of (one's) rope at the end of (one's) tether at the end of nowhere at the end of rope at the end of the day at the end of the line