jur Idiom, Proverb

add insult to injury

add another negative, make it worse, put your foot in it If you say his answer is wrong, and then say he can't understand, you've added insult to injury.

jury-rig

make a substitute, improvise When we don't have a fuse, Dad jury-rigs one with silver paper.

jura

police

conjure up

1．cause to appear as if from nothing，or as a picture in the mind 使人脑海中浮现出
Some people claim to be able to conjure up the spirit of the dead．某些人宣称他们能够让死者的灵魂显现。
These faded photographs conjure up memories of my childhood．这些褪色的照片使我回忆起儿童时代的情景。
2．make appear by conjuring or magic 用魔术变出
The magician conjured up a white rabbit．魔术师变出来一只白兔。
He conjured up a whole meal in a jiffy．他一眨眼工夫就变出了一桌饭菜。

The jury is still out

Idiom(s): The jury is still out (on sb or sth)

Theme: INDECISION

a decision has not been reached on someone or something; the people making the decision on someone or something have not yet decided.
• The jury is still out on Jane. We don't know what we are going to do about her.
• The jury is still out on the question of building a new parking lot.

Judge, jury and executioner

If someone is said to be the judge, jury, and executioner, it means they are in charge of every decision made, and they have the power to be rid of whomever they choose.

Jury's out

If the jury's out on an issue, then there is no general agreement or consensus on it.

add insult to injury|injury|insult

v. phr. 1. To hurt someone's feelings after doing him harm. He added insult to injury when he called the man a rat after he had already beaten him up. 2. To make bad trouble worse. We started on a picnic, and first it rained, then to add insult to injury, the car broke down.

conjure

conjure
conjure up
1) to cause to be or appear as by magic or legerdemain
2) to call to mind the music conjured up memories

injury

injury
see add insult to injury.

Jurassic

Jurassic
the Jurassic
the Jurassic Period or its rocks

jury is still out, the

jury is still out, the
No decision has been made; the public's opinion is not known. For example, As for a possible merger, the jury is still out, or The jury is still out on the new spring fashions. This expression alludes to the jury that decides a legal case. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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