By a hair: just barely, very narrowly; by a small amount 差一點(diǎn)兒,險(xiǎn)些,幾乎
fair and square: honestly誠(chéng)實(shí)地,光明正大的
He won the game fair and square.
他正大光明地贏了這場(chǎng)比賽。
For sure: definitely確切地
No one knows for sure what happened to Bill.
沒(méi)有人確切知道比爾出了什么事。
Give it one's best shot: to try as hard as one can 盡全力
give up: to admit defeat; to surrender 放棄
to go wrong: to make a mistake; to go astray 出錯(cuò)
to live with it: to accept a difficult reality 學(xué)會(huì)接受
to make a fool of oneself: to cause oneself to look stupid 因做傻事而出丑
to mess up: to make a mistake; to spoil an opportunity 出錯(cuò),搞砸
to put the blame on someone: to make somebody else as responsible for a misdeed or misfortune 責(zé)怪(某人)
to set the record straight: to correct an inaccurate account弄清真相;澄清是非;以正視聽, 澄清是非,把事情弄得準(zhǔn)確無(wú)誤
sure thing: an outcome that is assured 必然之事,毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)之事