admi イディオム

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Admiral Browning

chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck

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admit of

leave room for容许；有…的余地；有…可能
This work admits of no delay．这件工作不得延误。
This admits of no excuse．这是不容辩解的。
This regulation does not admit of our doing that．按规定我们不能这样做。
Your problems did not really admit of any solution．你的问题真是没有解决的可能。

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admit to

1．allow to enter许可入场（入会、入学等）
You have to pass the professional examinations to be admitted to the society．要加入这个学会你得经过专业考试。
2．tell the truth about； confess to 承认
She admitted to being easily annoyed．她承认自己易生气。
The young man admitted to stealing the money．那个年轻人承认偷了钱。
He admitted to taking these goods without paying for them．他承认他拿了这些东西没有付钱。

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admiration

admiration
see mutual admiration society.

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mutual admiration society

mutual admiration society
A relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.