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rivet counter 成语

bean-counter

accountant We asked the bean-counters to look over the figures in the new budget.

under the counter

Idiom(s): under the counter

Theme: SALES - SECRET

[bought or sold] in secret or illegally.
• The drugstore owner was arrested for selling liquor under the counter.
• The clerk sold dirty books under the counter.

run counter to

Idiom(s): run counter to sth

Theme: OPPOSITION

to be in opposition to something; to run against something. (This has nothing to do with running.)
• Your proposal runs counter to what is required by the manager.
• His idea runs counter to good sense.

Bean counter

A bean counter is an accountant.

Over the counter

Medicines and drugs that can be sold without a doctor's prescription are sold over the counter.

under the counter|counter|under

adv. phr., informal Secretly (bought or sold). That book has been banned, but there is one place you can get it under the counter. The liquor dealer was arrested for selling beer under the counter to teenagers.

Also used like an adjective, with hyphens. During World War II, some stores kept scarce things hidden for under-the-counter-sales to good customers.

counter

counter
see run counter to; under the counter.

rivet counter

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