2023
lalaland
Fair
★a fair field and no favour：公平无私；一视同仁
★A fair exchange is no robbery：公平交易并非强夺
★a fair crack of the whip：（做某事的）合理机会；机会均等
例：Julie's not asking for special treatment, just give her a fair crack of the whip at the tryouts.
★a fair shake：公平的待遇 【give sb a fair shake：一视同仁】
例：This new pay deal means a fair shake for all the workers.
★by fair means or foul：不择手段
例：They will do everything they can to win, by fair means or foul.
★fair and square：光明正大地
★fair cow：指令人不悦、惹人恼怒的物或事
例：This wind is a fair cow—let's go inside.
★fair play：公平竞争 【foul play：严重犯规】
Play
★play by ear：见机行事；随机应变
★play a hunch：凭直觉做决定
例：There's no penalty for guessing, so if you're not positive which answer is correct, just play a hunch and don't second-guess yourself too much.
★play for one's own hand：为私利而做某事
★If you play with fire, you get burned：玩火者必自焚
★give (something) full play：充分发挥某物
★be child's play：轻而易举
★make a play for sth：设法获得某物
★play the market：投机倒把
★come into play：开始发挥重要作用
Hour
★(one's) finest hour：某人鼎盛时期/春风得意之时
★a bad quarter of an hour：不愉快的短暂时刻
例：The team performed brilliantly—there wasn't a bad quarter of an hour in the entire match.
★at the eleventh hour：在最后一刻
例：I was shocked that they reached an agreement at the eleventh hour after weeks of squabbling.
★bankers' hours：指工作时间短
例：You won't be able to reach her on a Saturday—she keeps banker's hours.
★rush hour：上下班高峰期
★improve the shining hour：充分利用自己的时间；利用良机
★keep late hours：熬夜；晚睡
★(the) man/woman of the hour：当红人物
例：Janet was woman of the hour at the office after securing the biggest customer their business had ever had.
crowd
★crowd the mourners：施压；操之过急 [To pressure or try to influence someone.]
例：If you crowd the mourners, no one will help you.
★go with/follow the crowd：随大流
例：Dress in the way you like and try not to follow the crowd.
★stand out from the crowd：脱颖而出
★Two is company, three's a crowd：俩人结伴，三人不欢。
★play to the crowd：迎合大众；取悦观众
例：Rather than acting in a way that best suits the role and the play as a whole, he prefers to play to the crowd and soak up the spotlight when he can.
★pass in a crowd：过得去,马马虎虎
例：The jacket isn't anything special, but it would pass in a crowd.
★far from the madding crowd：远离尘嚣
例：Having to go to big events like this always make me long to be far from the madding crowd.
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