IgE イディオム

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much obliged

very thankful, very grateful, thanks a million """You can stay with us until your wounds heal,"" she said. ""Much obliged, Ma'am,"" I replied."

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belligerent

drunk (and sometimes incoherent and violent)"I was so belligerent last night, I almost booted"

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the Bigetty Bigetty "O"

Oakland, California

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obliged to

1．required to不得不
He was obliged to leave his home town 30 years ago． 30年前他被迫离开了家乡。
They were obliged to give up the chance．他们不得不放弃这次机会。
2．acknowledging a favor received 感激
I will be much obliged to you for an early reply．尽早赐复，不胜感激。
We are much obliged to you for your help．我们非常感谢你的帮助。

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Hard work brings rewards.

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Cat among the pigeons

If something or someone puts, or sets or lets, the cat among the pigeons, they create a disturbance and cause trouble.

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Paper tiger

A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.

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Stool pigeon

(USA) A stool pigeon is a police informer.

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put the cat among the pigeons

cause trouble: "Don't tell her about your promotion - that will really put the cat among the pigeons."

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clay pigeon|clay|pigeon

n., slang, informal 1. A popular target at practice shooting made of clay and roughly resembling a pigeon; an easy target that doesn't move. All he can shoot is a clay pigeon. 2. A person who, like a clay pigeon in target practice, is immobilized or is in a sensitive position and is therefore easily criticized or otherwise victimized. Poor Joe is a clay pigeon. 3. A task easily accomplished like shooting an immobile clay pigeon. The math exam was a clay pigeon.

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pigeonhole

n. 1. Small compartment for internal mail in an office or a department. "You can just put your late exam into my pigeonhole," said Professor Brown to the concerned student. 2. One of the small compartments in a desk or cabinet. He keeps his cufflinks in a pigeonhole in his desk.

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stool pigeon|pigeon|stool

n. A criminal who informs on his associates. The detective was able to solve the crime mainly through information obtained from a stool pigeon.

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clay pigeon

clay pigeon
A person easily duped or taken advantage of, as in You're a clay pigeon for all of those telephone fund-raisers. The term alludes to the clay pigeon of trapshooting, which replaced the use of live birds in this sport in the 1860s. Its transfer to figurative use in the first half of the 1900s probably is explained by the much older slang use of pigeon for “dupe.” Also see fall guy.

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pigeon

pigeon
see clay pigeon; stool pigeon.

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tiger

tiger
have a tiger by the tail
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to find oneself in a situation from which it may be more dangerous or difficult to escape than to stay

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tiger by the tail

tiger by the tail
Something too difficult to manage or cope with, as in You know nothing about the commodities market; you'll end up catching a tiger by the tail. This colorful metaphor conjures up the image of grabbing a powerful but fierce animal by the tail, only to have it turn on one. [Second half of 1900s]