1. To have suddenly accelerated a motor vehicle, perhaps to evade police or armed pursuers. May be used as a substitution to "he burned rubber", "he put the pedal to the metal" or "he high-tailed it outta there."

2. A common cultural utterance used in lieu of a less common Greek proverb; "He who harvests the beets drinks first from the gourd." Often used to confuse nosy children who have heard others use the phrase "flirted" due to the similarity in phonology.
> 1. "The pigs saw that arm hangin' outta the trunk, man...he saw them turn on the blinkers and he floored it!"
> 2. "Why did you tip the waiter so much?"
> "He was good and plus he totally flirted."
> "What did you say, Mom?"
> "I said he 'floored it', dear."
> "Floored it? What does that mean?"
> "He who harvests the beets...drinks first from the gourd."
> "..."

Old Macdonald Had a Farm Old Macdonald had a farm ,E-I-E-I-O ! And on this farm he had a dog , E-I-E-I-O ! With a bark ,bark here ,and a bark ,bark there , Here a bark ,there a bark , Everywhere a bark ,bark . Old Macdonald had a farm ,E-I-E-I-O ! (老

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OliverJeffers 生在澳大利亚西部,但成长于北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特,现在纽约。是个插画师,也是个作家。从 2004 年至今,他在动画界获奖无数。他的画充满童真,有点淡淡的忧伤,但又有浓烈的

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bark, [bɑ:k] n 树皮(可用于制革或入药);v 狗吠(cry of a dog); 【例】The bark can be used as medicine 树皮可以作药材。Dogs always bark at strangers 狗总是对着陌生人叫。 【类】epidermis:mammal=bark:conif

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To fly off the handle To bark up the wrong tree 美国人在十七世纪初来到北美洲大西洋沿岸的东部地区定居。此后,他们了花两百多年时间来开拓西部的大片处女地。

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Lesson 17 Bark 1.Stop barking at me like that. 2.Barking dogs won't bite. 3.You're barking up the wrong tree. 4.Stop barking at the moon. 5.His bark is worse than his bite. 6.The speech was more bark than bite. 7.I barked my knuckles fixing my bike.

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释义: Bark: If you bark at someone, you shout at them aggressively in a loud, rough voice. 咆哮,本来的意思是狗叫;The wrong tree:错误的那棵树; 字面来看,bark up the wrong tree意思是对着错误的树咆哮; in Engli

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