“In the saddle” is similar to “in the driver’s seat”, the latter referring to the seat on which a driver of an automobile ...

Forcing someone’s hand is an expression that finds its origin in bridge, the card game. Here, “hand” refers to the cards a player holds in his HAND. Specifically, “hand” in “forced his hand” refers to ...

今年春晚，莫文蔚演唱的那一首《当你老了》让无数人感动。这首诗是爱尔兰诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝（William Butler Yeats）的作品，他曾经对一位朋友说：“我所有的诗，都献给毛特·岗。”这一首《当你老了》，让我们看到了诗人伟大的爱情。 原文： When you are old ...

请根据下列八道题的题意，选择正确的一项来完成句子。来测一测自己辨别易混词语的能力！

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BBC英语教学致力于为中国的英语爱好者制做集趣味性和知识性于一体的英语学习内容。 BBC英语教学开发制作了世界一流水平的 ...

所以中午十二点应该表达为12:00 noon，前后一分钟的时间分别是11:59 am和12:01 pm。 非要分清楚中午是哪个的话，12:00 am就是晚上你经常熬夜的那个凌晨十二点，那12:00pm自然就是中午午休时候的十二点啦~ 不过，要说午夜十二点的话，12:00 midnight的用法也比较模棱两可 ...

All animals have their natural habitats where they get to thrive and enjoy life to the full. Their natural habitat is their “element”, which, according to ancient philosophy, refers to one of the four ...

Shijia Hutong Museum in an old courtyard home aims to preserve a slice of the city's past. Exhibits on display reveal a traditional lifestyle in Beijing's hutong. [Photo by Zhang Zixuan / China Daily] ...

Many workers are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with about one in three citing debt as one of the main reasons why, according to a PYMNTS study. 60% of survey respondents reported living ...