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 1. show a hand  現出一隻手 ~~ 洩密

     (1) Even though the spy was threatened, he insisted not to show a hand.

 

 2. sing another song  唱另一首歌 ~~ 改變態度

     (1) He started to sing another song when he got the money.

 

 3. stop mouth  停口 ~~ 以錢誘人

     (1) The spy wanted the guard to stop mouth.

 

 4. swan song  天鵝歌 ~~ 遺作

     (1) This is the swan song of the artist.

 

 5. salad days  沙拉的日子 ~~ 少年時代

     (1) Whenever she saw a doll, she recalled her salad days.

 

 6. sleep on a question  睡在問題上面 ~~ 留到明天再說

     (1) If you find the problem is hard to solve, you had better sleep on a question.

 

 7. small beer  小啤酒 ~~ 小事一件

     (1) The task is small beer for him.

 

 8. stick in the mud  卡在泥巴中 ~~ 墨守成規

     (1) The old man likes to stick in the mud.

 

 9. shilly-shally  搖擺不定 ~~ 拿不定主意

     (1) Don't be shilly-shally.

 

10. seventy times seven  七十乘七 ~~ 天文數字

     (1) The distance between the Earth and the Moon is seventy times seven.

 

11. shuttle cock  穿梭的雄雞 ~~ 毽子

     (1) The children are playing shuttle cock in the yard.

 

12. something in the wind  風中的事物 ~~ 秘密正在醞釀

     (1) They met in the club.  There must be something in the wind.

 

13. showdown  攤牌 ~~ 最後對決

      (1) Before the final showdown, no one knows who will win.

 

14. stand pat  不換牌 ~~ 不做任何改變

      (1) They decided to stand pat and waited for her coming.

 

15. show one's true colors  露出原形

      (1) She was showing her true colors when she began yelling at me.