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Search results for ‘between’

Idioms(1-20 of 127)

between you and me and the bedpost
  • confidentially; in secret

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betwixt and between
  • in an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position

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take the bit between one's teeth
have the bit between one's teeth
  • 1. to undertake a task with determination
  • 2. to rebel against control

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nothing to choose between
little to choose between
  • (of two people or objects) almost equal

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between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • between equally undesirable alternatives

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between you, me, and the gatepost
  • confidentially

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in between
  • between

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read between the lines
  • to understand or find an implicit meaning in addition to the obvious one

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read between the lines
  • to perceive or deduce a meaning that is hidden or implied rather than being openly stated

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between a rock and a hard place
  • having to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives

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between Scylla and Charybdis
  • in a predicament in which avoidance of either of two dangers means exposure to the other

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fall between two stools
  • 1. to fail through vacillation between two alternatives
  • 2. to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups

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with one's tail between one's legs
  • in a state of utter defeat or confusion

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between wind and water
  • 1. the part of a vessel's hull below the water line that is exposed by rolling or by wave action
  • 2. any point particularly susceptible to attack or injury

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draw an analogy between
  • 指出…之间的相似处,把(二者)加以比拟;在…之间加以比较

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an ass between two bundles of hay
  • 优柔寡断的人

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come between the bark and the tree
  • 管闲事(特别是别人的家事)

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between the beetle and the block
  • 在锤和砧之间;在上下交迫的困境中;岌岌可危

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