paper Идиома
a paper trail
paper
on paper
The football team look good on paper，but they have lost many games．这支足球队表面上看来挺不错，但他们已经输了许多场球。
2．in written words以书面形式
We must get the agreement down on paper．我们必须将此协议形成文字。
3． in theory理论上；从文字上看
The idea sounds good on paper，but I'm not sure whether it will really work．这个主意从字面上看是很好的，但我不敢肯定它是否真正能行得通。
The applicant looks good on paper．从书面材料看，这个申请人的情况很不错。
paper over
A number of stains on the wall were papered over．墙上的一些污迹被纸糊盖起来了。
2．conceal掩盖
They tried to paper over the differences between union and management， but the agreement did not last for long．他们试图掩盖工会和资方的差异，但协议并没延续多久。
put sth on paper
Idiom(s): put sth on paperTheme: COMMUNICATION - WRITTEN
to write something down.
• You have a great idea for a novel. Now put it on paper.
• I'm sorry, I can't discuss your offer until I see something in writing. Put it on paper, and then we'll talk.
paper over the cracks in
Idiom(s): paper over the cracks (in sth)Theme: DECEPTION
to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way.
• The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy.
• Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible.
• She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.
give one one's walking papers
Idiom(s): give one one's walking papersTheme: DISMISSAL - EMPLOYMENT
to fire someone; to dismiss someone from employment.
• Tom has proved unsatisfactory. I decided to give him his walking papers.
• We might even give Sally her walking papers, too.
get one's walking papers
Idiom(s): get one's walking papersTheme: FAILURE
to get fired. (Informal.)
• Well, I'm through. I got my walking papers today.
• They are closing down my department. I guess I'll get my walking papers soon.
Cigarette paper
If you cannot get or put a cigarette paper between people, they are so closely bonded that nothing will separate them or their positions on issues.Paper over the cracks
If you paper over the cracks, you try to make something look or work better but only deal with superficial issues, not the real underlying problems.Paper tiger
A paper tiger is a person, country, institution, etc, that looks powerful, but is actually weak.Get Your Walking Papers
Get fired from a job.put pen to paper
start writing: "She finally put pen to paper and wrote the letter."bad paper|paper
n., slang 1. A check for which there are no funds in the bank. 2. Counterfeit paper money. Why are you so mad?
I was paid with some bad paper.brown paper bag|bag|brown|paper
n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon An unmarked police car. The beaver got a Christmas card because she didn't notice the brown paper bag at her back door. See: PLAIN WHITE WRAPPER.on paper|on|paper
adv. or adj. phr. Judging by appearances only and not by past performance; in theory; theoretically. On paper, the American colonies should have lost the Revolutionary War. The football team lost many games, even though they looked good on paper.walking papers|orders|papers|ticket|walking|walkin
n., informal A statement that you are fired from your job; dismissal. The boss was not satisfied with Paul's work and gave him his walking papers. George is out of work. He picked up his walking ticket last Friday.can't punch one's way out of a paper bag
can't punch one's way out of a paper bagBe inept, as in Ask him to program the VCR? He can't punch his way out of a paper bag. This hyperbolic term for extreme ineptitude originally was an expression of contempt for a weak or cowardly boxer. [Slang; c. 1910]
push paper
push paperDo administrative, often petty, paperwork. For example, She spent the whole day pushing paper for her boss. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]
walking papers
walking papersA dismissal, as in They're downsizing, and I got my walking papers last week. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1835, refers to a written notice of dismissal.
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