ups and downs
起伏,跌宕起伏,起伏不定,起落
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- : rises and falls of fortune; good and bad times: Every business has its ups and downs.
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As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
This sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff.
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
Mr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
They were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.