shoot (one's) wad 成语
blow your wad
spend all your money, blow a bundle He blew his wad on some handmade boots. They cost $700!
shoot your wad
spend all your money, use all you have If you shoot your wad today, what will you spend tomorrow?
wade in
1.go busily to work;set to work with vigour忙碌地工作;精神饱满地工作
The work won't wait;We'd better wade in now.工作不能再拖下去了,我们还是现在就干起来吧。
The house was a mess after the party,but Mother waded in and soon made it clean again.聚会以后屋内乱七八糟,母亲赶紧整理,使房间很快就又变得整齐了。
2.attack攻击
When she had heard Jerry's argument,she waded in and tore it apart.听完杰瑞的论点后,她给予了猛烈的抨击,把他的观点驳得体无完肤。
wade in/into
1.go busily to work;set to work with vigour忙碌地工作;精神饱满地工作
The work won't wait;We'd better wade in now.工作不能再拖下去了,我们还是现在就干起来吧。
The house was a mess after the party,but Mother waded in and soon made it clean again.聚会以后屋内乱七八糟,母亲赶紧整理,使房间很快就又变得整齐了。
2.attack攻击
When she had heard Jerry's argument,she waded in and tore it apart.听完杰瑞的论点后,她给予了猛烈的抨击,把他的观点驳得体无完肤。
wade into
1.go busily to work;set to work with vigour忙碌地工作;精神饱满地工作
The work won't wait;We'd better wade in now.工作不能再拖下去了,我们还是现在就干起来吧。
The house was a mess after the party,but Mother waded in and soon made it clean again.聚会以后屋内乱七八糟,母亲赶紧整理,使房间很快就又变得整齐了。
2.attack攻击
When she had heard Jerry's argument,she waded in and tore it apart.听完杰瑞的论点后,她给予了猛烈的抨击,把他的观点驳得体无完肤。
wade through
work steadily and slowly缓慢而艰难地工作
I shan't be home for dinner;I'm still wading through all those urgent letters.我不回家吃晚饭了,我还在处理这些急信,进展很缓慢。
shoot one's wad|shoot|wad
v. phr. slang,
colloquial 1. To spend all of one's money.
We've shot our wad for the summer and can't buy any new garden furniture. 2. To say everything that is on one's mind.
Joe feels a lot better now that he's shot his wad at the meeting.
tightwad
n. phr. A stingy person.
My father is such a tightwad that he won't give me an allowance.
wade in|wade|wade into
v.,
informal 1. To go busily to work.
The house was a mess after the party, but Mother waded in and soon had it clean again. 2. To attack.
When Bill had heard Jim's argument, he waded in and took it apart. Jack waded into the boys with his fists flying.
wade through|wade
v. phr. To read through something long and laborious.
It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian.shoot (one's) wad
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Sl. to absorb all or about all one's banknote on hand. I attempt my wad on clutter food. I can't allow a cab. I attempt my wad at the restaurant.Learn more: shoot, wadshoot your wad
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tv. to absorb or use everything. I can’t allow a cab. I attempt my wad at the restaurant. Learn more: shoot, wad shoot (one's) wad
1. Slang a. To absorb all of one's cash.b. To use up all of one's activity or resources.
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