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spin a yarn 的定义

  1. Tell a story, especially a long drawn-out or totally fanciful one, as in This author really knows how to spin a yarn, or Whenever he's late he spins some yarn about a crisis. Originally a nautical term dating from about 1800, this expression probably owes its life to the fact that it embodies a double meaning, yarn signifying both “spun fiber” and “a tale.”

spin a yarn 近义词

spin a yarn

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  1. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  2. The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
  3. Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
  4. Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
  5. David Greenberg at Rutgers University has a book coming out next year on political spin.
  6. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  7. He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
  8. All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
  9. I didn't take much stock in the yarn at the time, but I'm beginning to think he had it straight.
  10. Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.