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deserve credit

deserve praise or thanks, give her credit David deserves credit for finding the lost keys. Thank you, boy.

give her credit

say that she helped or contributed Give Jane credit for staying with Tarzan all these years.

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give credit

1．believe that sb．possesses；credit with 相信；信以为真
Few of us gave credit to his story．我们中间没什么人相信他讲的话。
Do you give credit to his story of what happened？你对他讲的所发生的事情相信吗？
2．give recognition，praise，approval（对某事）给予承认、称赞或赞许
The credit for the success of the English Speech Contest should be given to the teacher who organized it．成功地组织这次英语演讲的老师应该受到称赞。
One must give credit where it is due．该称赞的就应该称赞。
I gave you credit for being more sensible；but you are less sensible than I thought．我过去赞扬你很懂事，但是我未料到你不象我想象的那样懂事。

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on credit

promising to pay at some future time赊欠
I bought it on credit．这是我赊帐买的。
Goods in our shop are not sold on credit but have to be paid for in cash．本店货物现金交易，概不赊欠。

to sb's credit

to sb.'s honor是某人的荣誉
It's greatly to your Creait that you succeeded．取得成功是你莫大的光荣。

sell sth on credit

Idiom(s): sell sth on credit

Theme: SALES

to sell something now and let the purchaser pay for it later.
• I'm sorry, we don't sell groceries on credit. It's strictly cash-and-carry.
• There is a shop around the corner that sells clothing on credit.

go on a fishing expedition

Idiom(s): go on a fishing expedition

Theme: SEARCHING

to attempt to discover information.
• We are going to have to go on a fishing expedition to try to find the facts.
• One lawyer went on a fishing expedition in court, and the other lawyer objected.

give sb credit

Idiom(s): give sb credit (for sth)

Theme: PRAISE

to praise or recognize someone for doing something.
• The coach gave Mary a lot of credit.
• The director gave John much credit for his fine performance.

give credit where credit is due

Idiom(s): give credit where credit is due

Theme: GRATITUDE

to give credit to someone who deserves it; to acknowledge or thank someone who deserves it.
• We must give credit where credit is due. Thank you very much, Sally.
• Let's give credit where credit is due. Mary is the one who wrote the report, not Jane.

get credit

Idiom(s): get credit (for sth)

Theme: PRAISE

to receive praise or recognition for one's role in something. (Especially with a lot of, much, etc., as in the examples.)
• Mary should get a lot of credit for the team's success.
• Each of the team captains should get credit.

extend credit

Idiom(s): extend credit (to someone) AND extend someone credit

Theme: COMMERCE

to allow someone to purchase something on credit.
• I’m sorry, Mr. Smith, but because of your poor record of payment, we are no longer able to extend credit to you.
• Look at this letter, Jane. The store wont extend credit anymore.
• We are unable to extend that company credit any longer.

do credit to

Idiom(s): do credit to sb

Theme: COMPLIMENT

to add to the reputation of someone.
• Your new job really does credit to you.
• Yes, it really does you credit.

cash or credit

Idiom(s): cash or credit

Theme: COMMERCE

a purchase made] either by paying cash or by putting the charges on a credit account. (Fixed order.)
• When Fred had all his purchases assembled on the counter, the clerk asked, "Cash or credit?"
• That store does not give you a choice of cash or credit. They want cash only.

buy sth on credit

Idiom(s): buy sth on credit

Theme: PAYMENT

to purchase something now and pay for it later (plus interest).
• Almost everyone who buys a house buys it on credit.
• I didn't have any cash with me, so I used my credit card and bought a new coat on credit.

a credit to

Idiom(s): be a credit to sb or sth

Theme: BENEFIT

to be of value or benefit to someone or something; to be of enough value or worth as to enhance someone or something.
• I always want to be a credit to my school.
• John is not what you would call a credit to his family.

extend sb credit

On a fishing expedition

If someone is on a fishing expedition, they are trying to get information, often using incorrect or improper ways to find things out.

get credit for|credit|get|get credit

v. phr. To be given points of merit, recognition, or praise for labor or intellectual contribution. Our firm got a lot of credit for developing parts of the space shuttle.
Antonym: GIVE CREDIT FOR.

be a credit to

be a credit to
see under do credit to.

credit

credit
see do someone proud; extend credit to; get credit for; give credit.

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expedition

expedition
see fishing expedition.

extend credit to

extend credit to
Also, extend someone credit. Allow a purchase on credit; also, permit someone to owe money. For example, The store is closing your charge account; they won't extend credit to you any more, or The normal procedure is to extend you credit for three months, and after that we charge interest. This idiom uses the verb extend in the sense of “offer” or “provide,” a usage dating from the mid-1500s.

fishing expedition

fishing expedition
An attempt to find useful information by asking questions at random. For example, The sales force was told to go on a fishing expedition to find out what they could about the company's competitors. This expression was taken up by lawyers to describe interrogating an adversary in hopes of finding relevant evidence and is now used more broadly still. [c. 1930]

get credit for

get credit for
Receive acknowledgment or praise for some accomplishment, as in Bill got all the credit for attracting a big audience. Similarly, give credit for means “acknowledge” or “praise,” as in We should give the pianist credit for her work in the program. [Mid-1700s]