记录一个很赞的网站
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/21/WS5ba43b55a310c4cc775e76d3.html
是ChinaDaily 下面的，还是蛮喜欢的。
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/keep+your+cards+close+to+your+chest
这个网站也不错，可以查到很多地道的idioms 例句都非常好
今日份单词积累
1. stray
v. 走神；偏离主题
I think we've strayed too far from our original plan.
我想我们偏离原来的计划太远了。
Sorry - I've strayed from the subject.
对不起——我跑题了。
The ship strayed off course during the storm. (stray off course)
2. renovate 修复，翻新，整修（尤指建筑物）
3. curriculum 课程
Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.
The Romans aren't on this year's curriculum.
4. amalgamate （使）联合；（使）合并
The electricians' union is planning to amalgamate with the technicians' union.
The different offices will be amalgamated as/into employment advice centres.
5. drowsiness
Seasickness medication often causes drowsiness.
There's no test to measure driver drowsiness the way that breathalizers check for alcohol.
Side effects of the drug include headache, dizziness, drowsiness or insomnia.
6. disrobe
to remove your clothes, especially an outer or formal piece of clothing worn for ceremonies
7. xenophile
a person who is attracted to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs
8. suffocate
-. to prevent a relationship, business, skill etc from developing in a positive way
The trade embargo is suffocating the nation’s economy.
-. to feel that you are not free to enjoy your life or to do what you want, or to make someone feel this way
Living in a small town was suffocating Mona.
9. sequence
in chronological sequence
You had to put the numbers into the right sequence.
It's the third in a sequence of three books.
10. scent
11. sporadic 偶尔发生的；阵发性的；断断续续的
sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence
12. affinity
（尤指因为有相同的特征而引起的）情投意合，喜爱，吸引
She seems to have a natural affinity for/with water.
类同；雷同
There are several close affinities between the two paintings.
You can always find Lucy at the library—she has a real affinity for reading.
今日份短语积累
1. with a capital
In the most extreme form or degree.
e.g.
I am hungry with a capital H! Let's eat!
No, it's not an emergency with a capital E. I can wait until the end of the day.
In the most typical, formal, or traditional form.
When he talks about photography, he means with a capital P.
He would never think to consider pictures taken on smartphones.Well, it's not literature with a capital L, but it's still a good story.
2. get your cards
To be fired from one's job. Primarily heard in UK
After messing up that account, I'm terrified that I'm going to get my cards from my boss.
3. have a card up your sleeve.
To have a secret plan, idea, or advantage that can be utilized if and when it is required. A reference to cheating at a card game by hiding a favorable card up one's sleeve.
She has a card up her sleeve if they ever try to fire her, since she knows about the boss's unscrupulous business practices.
4. keep your cards close to your chest
To keep one's plans, intentions, or tactics secret from everyone else. Refers to holding one's playing cards close to one's chest in a card game, so as not to allow other players to see one's hand.
We're all curious about what the boss has been discussing in those meetings with the lawyers, but she's keeping her cards close to her chest.
Sorry for not being more straightforward about my plans, but I'm keeping my cards close to my chest for the time being.
He keeps his cards pretty close to his chest. I don't know whether he plans to buy the house or not.
opposite: show/reveal your hand
5. put / lay your cards on the table
To reveal something that one has kept hidden, such as one's motives, intentions, opinion, etc.; to be very candid. A reference to player in a card game revealing the cards that they were holding.
You deserve honesty, so I'm going to lay my cards on the table: I can't offer you this job, but we may have another position that you'd be good for.
Brian says he starts every relationship by laying his cards on the table—that way there's no secrets.
If you lay your cards on the table or put your cards on the table, you tell someone the truth about your feelings, opinions or plans.
6. not care two straws
To not care in the slightest (about something or someone); to attach no importance to someone or something.
I haven't cared two straws for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character.
Do whatever you want, I don't care two straws.
7. put the cart before the horse
To do things out of the proper order.
You're eating your dessert first! You've put the cart before the horse. John has the cart before the horse in most of his projects.
8. sweep something under the carpet
If you sweep a problem under the carpet, you try to hide it and forget about it.
People often hope that if they sweep something under the carpet the problem will go away, but that is not the case.
9. carrot and stick
If someone uses a carrot and stick method to make you do something, they try to make you do it, partly by offering you rewards and partly by threatening you.
Companies are slowly learning that the carrot-and-stick approach to management is ineffective—employees are much more motivated to do a better job when they are recognized for their hard work.
10. play cat and mouse with
to be coy and evasive with someone.
I know what you are up to. Don't play cat and mouse with me！I wish that they wouldn't play cat and mouse with me!
