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单词 rake over (old) coals (or rake over the ashes)
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rake over (old) coals (or rake over the ashes)

chiefly British Revive the memory of an incident which is best forgotten: no point in raking over old coals, opening old sores...
  • It's hard to know of which he is more ashamed - purposely ignoring a man with facial scarring or being caught raking over the ashes of his career at a sci-fi fair.
  • Last Friday in Edinburgh, Masterton and Burt were still raking over the ashes over their loss.
  • They don't want to rake over old coals or engage in mudslinging but they stand by their investigation and are quite happy for work to be looked at and let the public judge it.
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