tailieunhanh - Longman Idioms _ Part 2.18

Tham khảo sách 'longman idioms _ part ', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | WRAPS WRONGS 276 277 X off to lick their wounds after their disgraceful defeat today. WRAPS keep sth under wraps to keep something secret The government were hoping to keep the new weapon under wraps for as long as possible. be under wraps Trie project is still under wraps - we haven t got authorization for it yet. take the wraps off sth to tell people about a new plan project product etc for the first time The big PC manufacturers will take the wraps off their new models at the trade fair. WRECK be a nervous wreck to be extremely anxious easily annoyed sensitive to criticism etc If i had to go back and live with my parents again I d be a nervous wreck by the end of the first week. WRINGER go through the wringer to have a Long unpleasant and difficult experience He s been through the wringer first with the trial and now with his illness be put through the wringer it is often the children of the divorcing couple who are put through the wringer. WRIT writ large in an extreme form of a particular thing The experiment demands that Seven people iive together for a year. This is togetherness writ large. WRITING the writing on the wall something that shows people that a situation will become difficult or unpleasant Afost of the miners will see the writing on the wait and leave the mines before they are sacked. This idiom comes from a story In the book of Daniel in the Bible in which the King of Babylon sees a hand writing on the wall. The writing says that an enemy will kill him and take his power. WRONG don t get me wrong do not think that I am trying to say something else Don t get me wrong -1 enjoyed the film it s just that I expected it to be funnier. you can t go rang with it would be sensible to do or use something IVhy don t you get her some flowers You can t go wrong with flowers WRONGS two wrongs don t make a right if someone has done something unpleasant to you you should not do the same type of thing to them Starting a fight with him will just cause more .