oca 成语

local yocal

resident of a town or rural community, local resident We were lost, so we stopped and asked a local yocal for help.

yocal

(See local yocal)

mi vida loca

Spanish translation for "My crazy life." Symbolizes what the gang member thinks of their lifestyle. Live for now, don't worry about the consequences

play the devil's advocate

Idiom(s): play (the) devil's advocate

Theme: ARGUMENT

to put forward arguments against or objections to a proposition—which one may actually agree with—purely to test the validity of the proposition. (The devil's advocate was given the role of opposing the canonization of a saint in the medieval Church in order to prove that the grounds for canonization were sound.)
• I agree with your plan. I'm just playing the devils advocate so you'll know-what the opposition will say.
• Mary offered to play devils advocate and argue against our case so that we would find out any flaws in it.

Devil's advocate

If someone plays Devil's advocate in an argument, they adopt a position they don't believe in just for the sake of the argument

local yokel|local|yokel

n., slang, citizen's hand radio jargon City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. There's a local yokel westbound on the move.

holocaust

holocaust
the Holocaust
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the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII

local yokel

local yokel
A native or inhabitant of a particular locale, as in She's only gone out with local yokels, so she's not used to more sophisticated men. This disparaging rhyming term was first used by troops stationed away from home. [Slang; mid-1900s]

More Idioms/Phrases

load off one's feet load off one's mind, a load the dice loaded question loaf loan loath local yokel lock the barn door after the horse has bolted locker

English Vocalbulary

absolute minimum resistance absolute monarchy absolute music absolute net loss absolute number absolute object absolute object program absolute ohm absolute order to pay absolute ownership absolute par of exchange absolute peltier coefficient absolute permibility absolute permissive block absolute permissive block system absolute plotter control absolute potential absolute power level