Idioms 英语习语 9 | Idioms with the Word "and" 带and的习语
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Wear and Tear
It's true that my car looks old and worn out. It's eleven years old, and it has a lot of wear and tear on it. But I'm tired of my friends telling me to get a new car. By and large, my car still runs okay. It takes me where I want to go. I use it to go back and forth to work every day；and it doesn't break down very often. When it does break down, I take it to my mechanics. They know the ins and outs of my car. They don't give me a song and dance. They tell me exactly what's wrong with the car and how much it will cost to fix it. I know that I can trust them. So I feel confident that when I drive my car, it will get me safe and sound to where I'm going.
Definitions 习语注解和例句
1. wear and tear
-the damage that happens to an object in ordinary use during a period
（一定時期內的）磨損，損耗
The carpet near the door gets a lot of wear and tear because we all walk on it as we come into the house
2. by and large
-when everything about a situation is considered together 大體上，總體上，一般來講
By and large, Americans eat a light breakfast. They usually dont eat a lot of food in the morning
3. back and forth
-moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one 來回地，來來回回
Elvis rode the same bus route for years. Every week he went back and forth from San Antonio to Austin.
4. ins and outs
-the detailed or complicated facts of something 詳情，細節
If you know the ins and outs of computers, you should be able
to get a good job
5. a song and dance
-to make something seem more important than it really is so that everyone notices it 對…小題大做
I wish we didn't have to listen to such a long song and dance every time we want to get insurance
6. safe and sound
-not in danger or likely to be harmed 安全的；沒有危險的
I was worried when I first heard my brother had been in a car accident. But no one was hurt. Everyone was safe and sound.
More to Note
1. fair and square
-in an honest and fair manner 光明正大地; 诚实地;
I won the checkers game fair and square, but Alex argued that
I hadnt followed the rules
2. odds and ends
-various things of different types, usually small and not important, or of little value 零碎東西，零星雜物
I wanted to buy some clothes at the big sale, but by the time I got there, there were only odds and ends left.
3. right and left
-all the time or everywhere 時時，時刻；四面八方，處處
We had a lot of business last week. The orders were coming in
right and left.
4. spick-and-span
-spotlessly clean 崭新的, 新格调的, 极干净的
Calpurnia always cleans the house well before her mother visits
so that everything is spick-and-span
5. a cock-and-bull
-a story that is obviously not true, especially one given as an excuse
（尤指用作藉口的）荒誕的故事；無稽之談
George and I had a date for Saturday, but he never came to get
me. Now he just told me a cock-and-bull story about thinking
that our date was on Sunday.
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