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absolute plotting

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PLO Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

PLO

Please Leave On - used when you want to leave something on a blackboard or whiteboard Although the teacher wrote PLO on the blackboard the information was erased during the lunch break.

plow into

attack vigorously We plowed into the food as soon as the waiter brought it to our table.

plod away at

work slowly and steadily at缓慢而辛勤地干
He plods away at his studies every night，but he doesn't enjoy the work．他每天晚上都认真看书，但他一点也不喜欢这样做。
He plods away at his lessons until he learns them．他刻苦钻研功课，直到弄通为止。

plonk down

1．drop down；fall落下；倒下
As soon as he reached the armchair，he plumped down into it．他手刚摸到扶手椅就蓦地倒入椅中。
After walking a mile we plunked down on a bench to rest．我们走了一英里路以后，一屁股坐在长凳上休息。
2．drop sth． noisily or firmly砰地放下
She plumped down the heavy trunk and sat on a stone bench for a rest．她吃力地把那只沉重的箱子放下，然后坐在一张石凳上休息。

plough into

1．begin work vigorously into干劲十足地投入
On his return to the office， he ploughed into his work．一回到办公室，他就干劲十足地开始工作。
2．crash into with force撞上
The car ploughed into a wall and was completely damaged．汽车猛撞在一堵墙上，给撞得一塌糊涂。

plough through

1．pass through with difficulty费力地在…前进
Many boats ploughed briskly through the sea．许多条船在海上破浪前进。
2．read or study with difficulty艰难地阅读或研究
We've ploughed through all the documents that can possibly have a bearing on your case．我们费了不少力气，才把同你的案子可能有关的全部文件看完。

plump/plunk/plonk down

The plot thickens

Idiom(s): The plot thickens

Theme: INTEREST

Things are becoming more complicated or interesting.
• The police assumed that the woman was murdered by her ex-husband, but he has an alibi. The plot thickens.
• John is supposed to be going out with Mary, but I saw him last night with Sally. The plot thickens.

put one's hand to the plow

Idiom(s): put one's hand to the plow

Theme: EFFORT

to begin to do a big and important task; to undertake a major effort.
• If John would only put his hand to the plow, he could do an excellent job.
• You'll never accomplish anything if you don't put your hand to the plow.

explode a bombshell

Idiom(s): drop a bomb(shell) AND explode a bombshell; drop a brick

Theme: SHOCK

to announce shocking or startling news. (Informal or slang.)
• They really dropped a bombshell when they announced that the mayor had cancer.
• Friday is a good day to drop a bomb like that. It gives the business world the weekend to recover.
• They must speak very carefully when they explode a bombshell like that.
• They really dropped a brick when they told the cause of her illness.

Beat swords into ploughshares

If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is 'plowshares')

Can't dance and it's too wet to plow

(USA) When you can't dance and it's too wet to plow, you may as well do something because you can't or don't have the opportunity to do anything else.

Explore all avenues

If all avenues are being explored, then every conceivable approach is being tried that could possibly get the desired result.

Gunboat diplomacy

If a nation conducts its diplomatic relations by threatening military action to get what it wants, it is using gunboat diplomacy.

Lose the plot

If someone loses the plot, they have stopped being rational about something.

Megaphone diplomacy

If negotiations between countries or parties are held through press releases and announcements, this is megaphone diplomacy, aiming to force the other party into adopting a desired position.

explode a bombshell|bombshell|explode

v. phr., informal To say something startling; suggest or show something astonishing or shocking, The police exploded a bombshell when they arrested the kindly old banker for stealing money from the bank. The principal exploded a bombshell by cancelling the dance as a penalty. Political leaders exploded a bombshell when they picked the young lawyer to run for mayor.

plough through|plough|plow|plow through

v. phr. Pass through laboriously. Saw had to plough through hundreds of pages of American history to get ready for his test.

plow into|plow

v. 1. To attack vigorously. He plowed into his work and finished it in a few hours. 2. To crash into with force. A truck plowed into my car and smashed the fender.

put one's hand to the plow|hand|plow|put|set one's

v. phr. To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit.

plot thickens, the

plot thickens, the
Circumstances are becoming very complex or mysterious. Today this term is often used ironically or half-humorously, as in His companion wasn't his wife or his partner—the plot thickens. Originally (1671) it described the plot of a play that was overly intricate, and by the late 1800s it was used for increasingly complex mysteries in detective stories.

plow

plow
1.
plow back
to reinvest (profits) in the same business enterprise
2.
plow under
1) to bury (crops or vegetation) by plowing, so as to enrich the soil or in seeking to prevent overproduction
2) Informal to destroy; obliterate
3.
plow up
1) to remove with a plow
2) to till (soil) thoroughly
4.
the Plow
Astron.
1) the constellation Ursa Major
2) Big Dipper

plow back

plow back
Reinvest earnings or profits in one's business, as in This company plows back half its profits every year. This term transfers the farming practice of turning the soil from top to bottom to financial enterprises. [First half of 1900s]

plow under

plow under
Cause to vanish, overwhelm, as in The independent bookstores are being plowed under by the large chains. This term alludes to the farmer's burying vegetation by turning it into the soil with a plow. [Second half of 1900s]

underemployed

underemployed
the underemployed
underemployed people

unemployed

unemployed
the unemployed
people who are out of work