API イディオム

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capitalize on

take advantage of；profit by 利用；从…中得益
It's important to capitalize on your opponent's mistake to win the game．利用你对手的弱点来赢这场比赛是很重要的。
Corrupt officials in old China used to capitalize on natural calamities．旧中国的贪官污吏往往利用自然灾害大发横财。
He always capitalizes on every opportunity that comes his way．他总是利用一切有利于自己的机会。

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Scraping the barrel

When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel.

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capital

capital
see make capital out of.

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capitalize

capitalize
capitalize on something
to use something to one's own advantage or profit

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make capital out of

make capital out of
Use profitably, turn to account, as in The challengers made capital out of the President's signing a bill that increased taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1855, uses capital in the sense of “material wealth used to create more wealth.”

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tapis

tapis
on the tapis
Under consideration.