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用法学习: 1. mock- I. not real or true: used with some adjectives. a mock-stern 假装严肃的 expression. II. copying a particular style: used with some adjectives. a house with mock-Tudor beams. mock adj. I. not real but intended to look or seem real. mock guns and knives. Each year they stage a mock battle to entertain tourists. You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing. 'It's tragic!' swoons Jeffrey in mock horror 装出来的. ...a mock Tudor mansion 仿古的, 仿...式的. II. a mock feeling is one that you pretend you have, usually as a joke. He shook his head in mock disapproval. noun. [British, informal] Mocks are practice exams that you take as part of your preparation for real exams. She went from a D in her mocks 模拟考试 to a B in the real thing. bloviate [ˈbləʊvɪˌeɪt] to talk pompously. to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner. He's bloviating 吹牛, 吹嘘 for audience. 2. 乌克兰战争: Despite their losses and the disparity in heavy firepower 火力不对等, 火力不均衡, the Ukrainians must keep up the pressure on Russia's forward positions in the areas of the country where the latter have run out of momentum 势衰, 式微. There is a growing consensus from both official sources and other experts that Russian forces have, or are on the cusp of, culminating in Ukraine. What does this mean? Military doctrine defines culmination as "the point at which continuing the attack is no longer possible and the force must consider reverting to a defensive posture 转成守势 or attempting an operational pause". 3. tort VS rort VS rout: tort legal an action that harms someone and for which you can be judged legally responsible although it is not a crime or a right under a contract. A tort is something that you do or fail to do which harms someone else and for which you can be sued for damages. commit a tort: By doing so, the defendant automatically commits a tort. rort I. a dishonest scheme. a dishonest plan or activity. II. a rowdy party or celebration. III. (Australia, New Zealand) A scam or fraud, especially involving the misappropriation of public money or resources. verb. to cheat someone or something. to take unfair advantage of (something)  I'm not looking to rort the system, I just want what I am owed. I was definitely rorted by my solicitor. 乌克兰战争: Now that the Azov nazis are being routed ( rout noun. a complete defeat of an opponent in a battle, competition, or election. The striker completed the rout with a low shot from the edge of the penalty area. His touchdown completed the rout in the fourth quarter. put to rout to defeat utterly; to exterminate, eradicate I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life. verb. to completely defeat someone in a battle, competition, or election. If an army, sports team, or other group routs 痛殴 its opponents, it defeats them completely and easily. ...the Battle of Hastings at which the Norman army routed the English opposition. He was captured, and his army was routed.) by the Donetsk People's Militia and Russian Armed Forces, newspapers, TV networks and social media are full of stories claiming "Russian war crimes" in Mariupol. The Biden administration, NATO and the corporate media don't believe the claims they make, and they don't really care if they are later exposed as untrue. The impact comes from piling lie upon lie, confident that the original outrage is what will be remembered. So many people "know" it happened, it must be true. Washington and Kiev stockpiled 堆积, 囤积 weapons and troops in Mariupol for the planned Ukrainian invasion of Donbass earlier this year – an invasion cut short only by the defensive military operation by Donetsk, Lugansk and Russia. heavy I. Something that is heavy weighs a lot. These scissors are awfully heavy. Gosh, that was a heavy bag! The mud stuck to her boots, making her feet heavy and her legs tired. ...a sensation of warmth and heaviness in the muscles. II. You use heavy to ask or talk about how much someone or something weighs. How heavy are you? Protons are nearly 2000 times as heavy as electrons. III. Heavy means great in amount, degree, or intensity. Heavy fighting has been going on. The State fails to recognize the heavy responsibility that parents take on. He worried about her heavy drinking. ...lengthy jail sentences and heavy fines. The traffic along Fitzjohn's Avenue was heavy. It has been raining heavily all day. ...groups of riot police and heavily armed members of a special anti-robbery squad. ...the heaviness of the blood loss. IV. Someone or something that is heavy is solid in appearance or structure, or is made of a thick material. We talk in her Belgrade flat, full of heavy old brown furniture 笨重的. He was short and heavy 矮胖的. Put the sugar and water in a heavy pan and heat slowly. ...a heavy cream silk blouse. He was a big man of about forty, wide-shouldered and heavily built. V. A heavy substance is thick in texture. It is advisable to mix coarse grit into heavy soil to improve drainage. ...11 million gallons of heavy 粘稠的 crude oil. VI. A heavy meal is large in amount and often difficult to digest. He had been feeling drowsy, the effect of an unusually heavy 难消化的 meal. VII. Something that is heavy with things is full of them or loaded with them. The air is heavy with moisture. She brought in a tray heavy 沉甸甸的 with elegant sandwiches, scones and cakes. Air or weather that is heavy is unpleasantly still, hot, and damp. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.  VIII. If a person's breathing is heavy 粗重, it is very loud and deep. Her breathing became slow and heavy 重呼吸. She sank back on the pillow and closed her eyes, breathing heavily as if asleep. XI. A heavy movement or action is done with a lot of force or pressure. ...a heavy blow on the back of the skull. The plane made a heavy landing. I sat down heavily 一屁股坐下 on the ground beside the road. A man stumbled heavily against the side of the car. X. A heavy machine or piece of military equipment is very large and very powerful. ...government militia backed by tanks and heavy artillery 重机械, 重武器. ...armoured personnel carriers and other heavy vehicles. XI. If you describe a period of time or a schedule as heavy, you mean it involves a lot of work. It's been a heavy day and I'm tired. Hopefully, Max would be able to spend a few days with them, depending on his heavy 繁忙的 schedule. XII. Heavy work requires a lot of strength or energy. The business is thriving and Philippa employs two full-timers for the heavy work 重体力活. XIII. If you say that something is heavy on another thing, you mean that it uses a lot of that thing or too much of that thing. Tanks are heavy 消耗很多, 需要很多 on fuel and destructive to roads. ...salads heavy on carrots. XV. If you describe a person's face as heavy, you mean that it looks sad, tired, or unfriendly. XVI. If your heart is heavy 心情沉重, you are sad about something. Mr Maddison handed over his resignation letter with a heavy heart. XVII. A situation that is heavy is serious and difficult to cope with. I don't want any more of that heavy 让人压抑的, 沉重的 stuff. noun. A heavy is a large strong man who is employed to protect a person or place, often by using violence. They had employed heavies to evict shop squatters from neighbouring sites. to make heavy weather of something [British, disapproval] If you say that someone is making heavy weather of a task, you are critical of them because they are doing it in an inefficient way and are making it seem more difficult than it really is. Some of the riders in this section made heavy weather of the cross-country race. a heavy hand [disapproval] If you say that someone such as the ruler of a country treats people with a heavy hand, you are criticizing them because they are very strict and severe with them. Henry and Richard both ruled with a heavy hand 铁腕统治. 4. nuisance [ˈnusəns] value the significance of a person or thing arising from their capacity to cause inconvenience or annoyance. the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation. value, importance, or usefulness arising from a capacity to annoy, frustrate, harass, or injure. a quality that makes something useful because it causes problems for your opponents. He only settled for nuisance value 避免麻烦, 少找麻烦. A year or so after establishing her new trust, Margery got hit by another lawsuit by another opportunist looking to use "lawfare" for a quick settlement. Her attorneys quickly pointed out to the plaintiff's lawyer the difficulty they would have in collecting on a judgment, even if they won the case. Litigation is very expensive, and plaintiffs are not likely to sue if there is doubt as to collectability. Margery was able to settle this case for a nuisance value sum  (in our experience, settlements generally are under 10% of the amount sought) and was happy to do so. "his potential nuisance value as a dissident minority shareholder". the business of the minor parties is to develop so great a nuisance value that one of the major parties will take over their programs. alert to opportunities to institute representative suits solely for their nuisance value. If you consider the threat of violent force to be a commodity, it is our major produce and international bargaining chip. We bring to the table our possible nuisance value and take back whatever the world is willing to give us if we promise to keep it in check. At the head of the institutions which regulate our use of force are people who realise that their own powerful hand spins the roulette wheel which determines many fates, including their own. Farrell was complimentary of the Scots, not least their physicality 体格, 体力, double-team tackles and nuisance value 制造麻烦 at the breakdown but the fact that Ireland, lauded for their attacking rugby to date, eked out wins 取胜, 硬抢出胜利 despite thorny resistance from England and Scotland in recent weeks is no small thing. 5. James Turrell (light work 灯光艺术) is also known for his light tunnels and light projections that create shapes that seem to have mass and weight, though they are created with only light. Three such works by Turrell (Danaë, Catso Red, and Pleiades) are permanent installations at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Turrell's 1968 projection of a suspended luminous pink pyramid, Raethro Pink, was acquired by the Welsh National Museum of Art. His work Acton is a very popular exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. It consists of a room that appears to have a blank canvas on display, but the "canvas" is actually a rectangular hole in the wall, illuminated to look otherwise. Security guards are known to come up to unsuspecting visitors and say "Touch it! Touch it!" Turrell's works defy the "accelerated" habits 潦草的看, 草草看 of many people, especially when looking at art. He feels that viewers spend so little time with the art that this makes it hard to appreciate. I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's me, but that's not really true. It's for an idealized viewer. Sometimes I'm kind of cranky coming to see something. I saw the Mona Lisa when it was in L.A., saw it for 13 seconds and had to move on. But, you know, there's this slow-food movement right now. Maybe we could also have a slow-art movement, and take an hour. Art critic John McDonald writes that Turrell's works are "dull to describe but magical to experience". vibe out I. 陶醉, 沉浸在. 忘记自我 To become absorbed by the music one is listening to, especially that which is very calming or relaxing. To lose oneself in music.  I put on my fancy headphones and vibed out to the tunes of my favorite DJ. II. To experience a state of peaceful, contented happiness I work in a busy office building all week, so I like to spend my weekends vibing out in nature. 6. rapprochement [ˌrɑˈproʊʃˈmɑ̃, ræprɒʃmɒn] 重归于好, 重修旧好, 交好 the development of greater understanding and friendship between two countries or groups after they have been unfriendly. A rapprochement is an increase in friendliness between two countries, groups, or people, especially after a period of unfriendliness. Cuba released 53 dissidents after its historic rapprochement with America. ...the process of political rapprochement between the two former foes. rapport [ræˈpɔr] a relationship in which people like, understand, and respect each other. If two people or groups have a rapport, they have a good relationship in which they are able to understand each other's ideas or feelings very well. He said he wanted 'to establish a rapport with the Indian people'. The success depends on good rapport between interviewer and interviewee. You have an intellectual rapport, a kind of easy companionship that makes me really jealous. The doctor had an excellent rapport with his patients. fictitious [fɪktɪʃəs] I. 用来骗人的. Fictitious is used to describe something that is false or does not exist, although some people claim that it is true or exists. not real or true and used for tricking people He had registered at the hotel under a fictitious name. We're interested in the source of these fictitious rumours. II. A fictitious character, thing, or event 虚构的人物, 虚构的事件 occurs in a story, play, or film but never really existed or happened. The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious. fictional Fictional characters or events occur only in stories, plays, or films and never actually existed or happened. It is drama featuring fictional characters. Ulverton is a fictional village on the Wessex Downs. a. invented for a book, play, or movie. a fictional character/place/event. b. relating to fiction. fictional conventions/techniques. legendary I. If you describe someone or something as legendary, you mean that they are very famous and that many stories are told about them. ...the legendary Jazz singer Adelaide Hall. His political skill is legendary. II. A legendary person, place, or event is mentioned or described in an old legend. The hill is supposed to be the resting place of the legendary King Lud. when the smoke clears (clear as mud 不清楚) when things have stopped happening and the results can be clearly seen When the smoke clears, I think you'll find the company is in a stronger position. kumbaya or Kumbaya or Kumbayah 世界大同, 万物静好, 岁月静好 Rooted in an American spiritual and folk song of the same name, kumbaya refers, often disparagingly, to moments of or efforts at harmony and unity. sing Kumbaya (peacenik) (usually humorous or derogatory) To seek peace and ignore disagreements. 7. wigging 痛批, 狠批, 挨批 UK old-fashioned informal a rebuke or reprimand. an occasion when someone criticizes or speaks angrily to someone else about something that person has said or done. an act of speaking angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.: He gave me a wigging and told me I was a bad journalist. The country is expected to get a wigging from EU finance ministers for not doing enough to control its budget deficit. wigger [ˈwɪɡə] noun OFFENSIVE US a white person who tries to emulate or acquire cultural behaviour and tastes attributed to black people. Wigger, or wigga, is a term for a white person of European ethnic origin, who emulates the perceived mannerisms, language, and fashions associated with African-American culture, particularly hip hop. The term is a portmanteau of white and nigger. One dictionary defines the term as a slang, derogatory reference to "...a white youth who adopts black youth culture by adopting its speech, wearing its clothes, and listening to its music." Another dictionary defines the term as "offensive slang" referring to a "...white person, usually a teenager or young adult, who adopts the fashions, the tastes, and often the mannerisms considered typical of urban black youth." The term is generally considered derogatory, reflecting stereotypes of African-American, black British, and white culture (when used as a synonym of white trash). The wannabe connotation may be used pejoratively, implying a failed attempt at cultural appropriation by a white person. It is also sometimes used in a racist manner by some non-black persons, not only belittling the person perceived as "acting black", but also demeaning black people and culture, by proxy. ganger A hot chick who eludes to or is interested in sex with multiple partners, an orgy. A young female who's appearance and/or behaviour lends itself to an orgy. Someone who looks beautiful but is nonetheless a slut, or who you wished was a slut. Man, that chick that served me at McDonalds was an absolute ganger! elude [ɪˈlud] I. if a fact, idea, or word eludes you, you cannot remember or understand it. If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. The appropriate word eluded him. The details of the case elude me. II. if something such as success eludes you, you do not manage to achieve it. If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. Sleep eluded her. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long. Financial success eluded him. III. to manage to escape or hide from someone or something. If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. He eluded the police for 13 years. a criminal who eluded the authorities for six years. praise be old-fashioned used as an expression of relief, joy, or gratitude.  used when you are very pleased about something that has happened "'How is your sister?' 'On the mend, praise be.'". Stand ones ground 坚持立场, 没有让步 If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely. To maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition. They expect their opponents to stand their ground on the issue. She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching. 8. TBBT: Penny: A little something? Oh, it… what, this is huge. Amy: What's huge is what you've done for me. Penny: Oh, no, Amy, I haven't done anything. Amy: No, no, before I met you, I was a mousy 胆小如鼠的 wallflower. But look at me now. I'm like some kind of downtown hipster party girl. With a posse [ˈpɑsi] 同好 ( I. [informal] A posse of people is a group of people with the same job or purpose. a group of people who are together in a place doing the same thing. A posse of reporters was waiting outside the courtroom. ...a posse of reporters. A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea. II. American​ informal in the past, a group of ordinary men gathered together by a law officer to search for a criminal. In former times, in the United States, a posse was a group of men who were brought together by the local law officer to help him chase and capture a criminal.), a boyfriend and a new lace bra that hooks in the front, of all things. Open it. Open it. Penny: So ugly. What am I gonna do? Bernadette: I don't know. You can't take it down. You'll break her heart. Look at that face. That enormous ( [ɪˈnɔrməs] 巨大的 very large in size or quantity. The enormous birthday cake dwarfed everything else on the table. The stress they’re under is enormous. an enormous amount/number/volume etc.: An enormous amount of money has been wasted on this project already. ) , unsettling, crazy face. Penny: Is there any chance I'll learn to love it 逐渐的爱上, 日渐生情? Bernadette: That depends. Do you like pictures of yourself where you look like a man? 9. What is StratCom? Strategic communications encompass 包括 multiple elements of public diplomacy, political marketing, persuasion, international relations, military strategy, and many others. We understand strategic communications as a holistic approach ( [hoʊˈlɪstɪk] I. 整体的, 顾大局的, 识大体的, 顾全大局的, 全盘考虑的, 治根的. 统筹的. based on the idea that you should take care of your whole body and mind, rather than just treating a part of the body that is ill. a holistic approach to cancer. II. thinking about the whole of something, and not just dealing with particular aspects. a holistic approach to the region's development. Holistic means based on the principles of holism. ...practitioners of holistic medicine. ) to communication, based on values and interests, that encompasses everything an actor does to achieve objectives, in a contested environment. It means that strategic communications is understood more as a holistic mind-set in projecting one's policies. We cannot focus on short-term, single-dimension, local issues. We have to think long-term, complex solutions, and effective ways of influencing big, important discourses in a very competitive environment. That is a permanent state of agility, whilst remaining true to own values. snap verb. I. If something snaps or if you snap it, it breaks suddenly, usually with a sharp cracking noise. to suddenly break something with a short loud noise, or to be broken in this way. When the rope snapped, Davis fell into the water. The storm snapped young trees like matchsticks. snap (something) off: Ken snapped off the smaller branches. snap something in half/two: Snap the biscuit 掰开 in two and share it. He shifted his weight and a twig snapped 折断. The brake pedal had just snapped off. She gripped the pipe with both hands, trying to snap it in half. Every minute or so I could hear a snap, a crack and a crash as another tree went down. II. If you snap something into a particular position, or if it snaps into that position, it moves quickly into that position, with a sharp sound. He snapped the notebook shut. He snapped the cap on his ballpoint. The bag snapped open. He shut the book with a snap and stood up. intransitive/transitive to quickly move something such as a light switch so that it makes a short sound, or to be moved quickly in this way. snap (something) open/shut/together/on/off: She quickly snapped her handbag shut. It's really simple to build – the bits just snap together. III. If you snap your fingers, you make a sharp sound by moving your middle finger quickly across your thumb, for example in order to accompany music or to order someone to do something. She had millions of listeners snapping their fingers to her first single. He snapped his fingers, and Wilson produced a sheet of paper. She snapped her fingers at a passing waiter. I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose. IV. If someone snaps at you 图发脾气, 厉声说, they speak to you in a sharp, unfriendly way. to speak to someone in a sudden, angry way. 'What do you want now?' he snapped angrily. I'm sorry I snapped at you just now. 'Of course I don't know her,' Roger snapped. I'm sorry, Casey, I didn't mean to snap at you like that. V. If someone snaps, or if something snaps inside them, they suddenly stop being calm and become very angry because the situation has become too tense or too difficult for them. to suddenly lose control and become extremely angry or upset because a situation has become too annoying or difficult. She was bound to snap 崩溃 under all that pressure. He finally snapped when she prevented their children from visiting him one weekend. For the first and only time Grant's self-control snapped. Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more. VI. If an animal such as a dog snaps at you, it opens and shuts its jaws quickly near you, as if it were going to bite you. if an animal such as a dog snaps you or snaps at you, it bites you or tries to bite you. A terrier was snapping at his heels. His teeth clicked as he snapped 狂叫 at my ankle. The poodle yapped and snapped. VII. [informal] If you snap someone or something, you take a photograph of them. He was the first ever non-British photographer to be invited to snap a royal. adj. A snap decision or action is one that is taken suddenly, often without careful thought. I think this is too important for a snap decision. It's important not to make snap judgments. The opposition is worried that a snap election will be held before they can get organised. noun. I. [informal] A snap is a photograph. ...a snap my mother took last year. II. Snap is a simple British card game in which the players take turns to put cards down on a pile, and try to be the first to shout 'snap' when two cards with the same number or picture are put down. exclamation You can say 'Snap!' as an expression of surprise when you realize that two things are the same or very similar, for example if you meet a friend wearing the same shirt as you. snap to it mainly spoken used for telling someone to do something immediately. snap out of it to make an effort to stop being unhappy or upset. He's depressed – you can't just tell him to snap out of it. snap to attention when soldiers snap to attention, they bring their heels together fast and stand very straight. Professor Robb Rothman is an elderly theoretical physicist at the university, who was forced to step down and possibly in the early stages of senility (and may possibly have also gone insane). He is prone to appearing naked in public, except for a hat, and seems to believe he is invisible. According to Leonard, Professor Rothman is an exemplary case for the propensity 趋势, 倾向 of a theoretical physicist to "snap". propensity 趋势, 倾向 a natural tendency to behave in a particular way. propensity to something: ways of reducing children's propensity to aggression. propensity for something: Their propensity for violence is virtually limitless. 9. come in a certain position 位列, 排在, 排位 to finish in a certain position or rank. Fred came in fourth in the race. He was afraid he would come in last. 

 Comedians react with horror at Will Smith's Oscar slap: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars provoked intense opinions 引发大讨论 online, especially from comedians who felt it was an assault on their art. Will Smith, Jada's husband, walked onto the stage and took a swing at 打巴掌, 赏巴掌 Rock with an open palm, generating a loud smack 清脆的耳光. Smith walked back to his seat and shouted for Rock to leave Pinkett Smith alone. Rock replied that he was just making a "G.I. Jane" joke — and Smith yelled back at him a second time. Smith shouted at Rock to "keep my wife's name out of your (expletive) mouth," and the crowd hushed as it became clear this was no act 不是设定的. "Let me tell you something, it's a very bad practice to walk up on stage and physically assault a comedian," Kathy Griffin wrote on Twitter. "Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters. However unfunny Rock's joke was, it paled in comparison to some awards show digs in years past, including from acerbic 刻薄的, 嘴欠的 Ricky Gervais, who has skewered ( skewer to push a pointed object into something or someone, making a hole or causing injury. If you skewer something, you push a long, thin, pointed object through it. She skewered the sardines through the mouth and put them onto the barbecue. ...skewered chicken with vegetables. ) the likes of 这样的人 Leonardo DiCaprio, Judi Dench and Felicity Huffman. Judd Apatow was highly critical of Smith in a now-deleted Twitter post, describing the attack "out of control rage and violence." He noted that celebrities have been the target of jokes for decades: "They've heard a million jokes about them in the last three decades. They are not freshman 新人 in the world of Hollywood and comedy. He lost his mind." Richard Marx said no poor joke justified the response: "I guess millions of people can't comprehend that no level of fame or accolades gives license to commit battery ( a licence to do something 权利, 权力, 自由 permission to do something that is wrong or illegal. Police have described this latest legislation as a licence to steal. ) over a verbal joke." And Mark Hamill called the incident the ugliest Oscar moment ever, tweeting "Stand-up comics are very adept at 习惯于, 善于应付 handling hecklers. Violent physical assault... not so much." Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, wrote: "I know we're all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can't even fathom in the moment." George Takei said Smith's losing his cool was a bad look when so many people were watching: "Many people, especially kids, look up to actors. Because of that, we have an obligation 义务, 责任 to try to be good role models. With celebrity comes responsibility." 

傻傻分不清: separate/sort the wheat/grain from the chaff 优劣, 决出胜负, 分个高地, 分出胜负, 看出差距 (cull the herd 精选, 精挑细选, 优胜劣汰) chiefly British to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good. to separate things or people that are of high quality or ability from those that are not: The first round of interviews really separates the wheat from the chaff. The magazine describes many different products and then separates the wheat from the chaff. addled 神志不清的, 精神恍惚的 confused and unable to think clearly: I'm afraid my sun-addled brain couldn't make any sense of the instructions. He was so addled by drugs that his crimes could not have been premeditated. under separate cover 单独, 另行 old-fashioned In a separate correspondence. This letter serves only as a receipt of your application—we shall send you our decision under separate cover after it has been reviewed. not know where/which way to turn to not know what to do or who to ask for help: When both her parents died, she didn't know which way to turn. not know whether you are coming or going to be in a very confused state: I'm so busy, I don't know whether I'm coming or going. be far/further/furthest removed from (something) 没有关系, 不沾边, 完全扯不上关系 To be separate from or unlike something. I wasn't even in the office that day, so I'm the furthest removed from this situation. not waste words 废话少说, 不废话, 没有废话 If someone does not waste words, they talk only about what is important using as few words as possible: He explained the whole system in about 30 seconds - he doesn't waste words, does he? not worth the paper sth is printed/written on 都不值, 不配 If a document or agreement is not worth the paper it is written/printed on, it is of very little value. Not know whether one is Arthur or Martha [威胁时用] 雌雄不分, 管你是男是女, 管你谁是谁; 分不清东南西北; [迷惑时用]搞不清楚, 雌雄难辨 An Australian colloquialism; to be in a state of confusion. Often used in a threatening or otherwise negative context. If that bloke goes anywhere near my girl, I'll bash him so hard he won't know if he's Arthur or Martha! "He doesn't know if he's Arthur or Martha". can't make head nor tail of sth 分不清头尾, 分不清首尾, 一点都不理解 (US also can't make heads or tails of sth 明白, 理解) to not be ​able to ​understand something. To understand even minimally. See if you can make head or tail of this chapter. I'm baffled.  I can't make head ​nor ​tail of these ​instructions on the ​packet. Usually with a construction expressing inability, as in "I can't make head or tail of this", "He was unable to make head or tail of some of the pattern-solving puzzles in the IQ test". wouldn't know something if it hit you in the face  also wouldn't know something if you fell over one 傻傻分不清, 砸头上都分不清, 掉头上都不知道 to not notice something although it is very obvious. Julie wouldn't know a good deal if it hit her in the face! can't tell your arse from your elbow (very informal!) also not know your arse from your elbow = doesn't know one's ass from a hole in the ground 愚蠢, 一无所知, 无知, 啥也不懂, 狗屁不懂, 蠢笨异常, 分不清, 搞不清 (very informal!) if you can't tell your arse from your elbow, you are stupid and become confused about simple things. Don't take his word for it—he doesn't know his arse from his elbow. It's no good asking him to organize anything - he can't tell his arse from his elbow. not know the half of it (informal) also Have not heard the half of it知其一不知其二! (informal) if someone does not know the half of it, they know that a situation is bad but they do not know how bad it is. Tom's not happy with the situation and he doesn't even know the half of it! 'I hear you're having a few problems with the new guy'. 'A few problems? You haven't heard the half of it!' not know where to put yourself 不知道如何自处, 没脸见人 informal to feel very embarrassed: And then he started to sing. Well, I didn't know where to put myself.