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cat in the pan 成语

a flash in the pan

a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.

bail a company out

help or rescue a company with financial problems The government decided to bail out the failing bank in order to maintain stability in the economy.

beat the pants off

defeat by a large score, blow you away "Ho plays table tennis very well; she'll beat the pants off you."

brand new/ brand spanking new

not used at all, just off the assembly line Imagine a brand new Mercedes in an accident. What a shame!

by the seat of your pants

with little money, a lick and a promise You can't operate a business by the seat of your pants.

caught with his pants down

found doing a bad act, caught in the act Percy was caught cheating - caught with his pants down.

company man

a person who always works hard and agrees with his employees My father was a true company man and was always putting in an extra effort for his company.

company town

a town dominated by one industry or company When the coal mine closed down the company town faced severe economic times.

deadpan

with an expressionless or emotionless face He had a deadpan expression when he told us the story.

expand your horizons

experience or discover new ideas or goals or cultures Travel, read, discuss - expand your horizons!

cat in the pan

obsolete A traitor. The byword is anticipation to accredit to the affable of a "cate" (an ancient chat for a delicacy, such as a cake), which would be angry from one ancillary to the added in a pan. Is Benedict Arnold our country's best acclaimed cat in the pan?Learn more: cat, pan

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every Tom, Dick and Harry every trick in the book every walk of life everything but the kitchen sink everything from soup to nuts everything old is new again ex exit stage left expand your horizons eye candy eye for an eye eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth eye of a needle eye of the storm eye to eye eyes are bigger than one eyes glaze over cast/throw the first stone, to casting casting couch cast-iron cast-iron stomach castle castle in the air castles in Spain castles in the air castles in the sky castor oil artist casu consulto casual dress cat cat and mouse cat and mouse, game of/to play cat around cat can look at a king cat got one's tongue cat got your tongue, has the Cat got your tongue? cat has nine lives cat ice cat in gloves catches no mice cat in the meal-tub cat in the pan cat in the sack cat on a hot tin roof cat on a hot tin roof, like a cat that swallowed the canary, (look) like the cat-and-dog life cat-and-mouse game catapult catapult (someone or something) into (something) catapult into catbird catbird seat catbird seat, (sitting) in the catcall catch catch (a)hold of (someone or something) catch (on) fire catch (one) (doing something) catch (one) another time catch (one) at a bad time catch (one) bang to rights catch (one) by surprise catch (one) cold catch (one) dead to rights catch (one) flat-footed catch (one) in the act

English Vocalbulary

a cattle yard A chain is no stronger than its weakest link a change for the better a change of heart a change of scene a chapter of accidents a child of fortune a child of nature a child of sb.'s loins a chip in porridge a chip of the old block a chose in possession a civil year a class a clean sheet a clergyman's sore throat a clinging vine a close call