12. Through someone's good offices:透过某人的鼎力襄助! j9 B P; c: h( Y6 v7 s6 I" l
Through a senior officer's good offices, John got the permission to extend his visit.
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13. The good old days:过去的好时光
1 g. o: |/ X7 {/ p& J When old friends meet, they like to chat about the good old days.
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9 @3 S- m( k0 L 14. Bad blood:感情恶劣5 p6 j4 D1 i! G" C8 l% U
There has been bad blood between the two in-laws.7 E7 Z! K7 D5 @4 o+ z2 c" l% p v' c
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No bad language in the presence of children, please!5 R: N8 w" E K8 X
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16. In someone's bad books:令人讨厌
& l$ q" I3 V. P! J Tom is late again. No wonder he is often in his boss's bad books.% C: C, V3 N4 z$ z3 J
$ W% Y: L+ U$ B8 T2 X C 17. Come to a bad end:悲惨收场
& L9 p8 U1 e6 w$ Q& } Some bad characters have been in and out of prison quite often. They will come to a bad end soon.
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18. Give someone a bad/ hard time:虐待某人
' [$ i, p. B* d6 L; s If your boss tends to give you a bad time without any reason, you had better change your job.7 e/ C \: @) C+ j# a
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19. Give something up as a bad job:停止做不可能的事
) c1 I6 g% y3 S2 H4 V6 _ Janet started learning Mandarin but did not make good progress. Eventually, she gave it up as a bad job.0 K$ Z4 u/ V' `2 z" y# h$ N0 U
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20. Go from bad to worse:越来越坏
& L; T7 _7 f" X4 W The relations between the two neighbouring countries seem to have gone from bad to worse.* e0 X o* W ]5 _3 N4 v' p% l9 F+ a
( B( ^9 X. f Y: Z- N 21. Make the best of a bad job:在逆境中尽力而为
4 u/ C. ^( S) D Though Susie does not have good paper qualifications, she has made the best of a bad job and become a successful manager.1 Y) k( |! D& P
' u4 ]4 |8 X. h3 L5 q 22. In a bad way:情况不佳: [2 n+ } ]" V
After repeated setbacks, he has been depressed and is in a bad way now. |