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单词
gather dust
释义
gather dust
to not be dealt with for a very long time
This project has been gathering dust on the shelves of the Ministry of the Environmentfor the last five years.
Examples of 'gather dust' in a sentence
gather dust
If the station goes, will they gather dust in the vault?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2010
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It tempts lazy prosecutors to leave cases to gather dust.
The Sun
(
2014
)
There's no point in letting it gather dust in your bedroom.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2011
)
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to be at a disadvantage
to beat a hasty retreat
to be at a loss (as to how/why etc ... )
to be at an end
to be at a premium
to beat a retreat
to be at a standstill
to be at daggers drawn with sb
to be (a) testimony to sth
to be at issue
to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone
to be at large
to be at law/medical school
to be at liberty
to be at liberty to do sth
to be at loggerheads
to be at odds (with)
to be at one's best
to beat one's breast
to beat oneself up about sth
to be at one's wits' end
to be at one (with sb)
to be at or by sb's side
to beat or knock the living daylights out of someone
to be at peace with sb/sth
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