APAD: Don’t put too many irons…完成谚语？附短语动词。我的收获大大的，你们呢？

 

 

PROVERB	Don’t put too many irons in the fire
MEANING	Don’t try to do too many things at the same time; focus on one thing at a time
EXAMPLE	“No wonder you’re exhausted. You’re trying to work 4 jobs at the same time! You have too many irons in the fire right now.”

Phrasal Verb:

come up with [x]

to think of an idea, especially as the first person to do so, or to produce a solution

 

Sahar comes up with her best story ideas at night, so she writes them down before she forgets them.

 

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• I'm guilty but wonder how polymaths like da Vinci did it. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 17:20:05

• I wonder how come ur English r so wonderul!:) -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 17:44:28

• Thank you. It feeds on kind words from folks like you :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 18:41:04

• Human, can be multitasking. can do many, not too many -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 18:55:12

• There is a similar idiom. Do u know what it is？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 18:33:25

• Does it have to do with cooks or biting? -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 18:41:38

• 方向正确，接着说：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 20:06:36

• ONE proverb a day :-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 09:21:43

• One proverb a day keeps the doctor away? -小米干饭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 10:44:43

• Good！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 11:42:52

• The key is to keep it at one. How did they build Rome? -7grizzly- ♀ (51 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 14:39:25

• 我知道的是另一个：I have too much on my plate.：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 11:44:14

• I only have 2 hands ---a common complain from work -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 18:56:37

• 学习了，果然是idiom：）我知道的是另一个：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 20:07:07

• 如果我记得没错的话，这个谚语中的 iron 指的是熨衣服的烙铁。 -小米干饭- ♂ (114 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 21:13:38

• google 了一下。绝大多数都说跟打铁有关。只有一篇文章提到跟熨衣服有关。 -小米干饭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/15/2023 postreply 21:22:39

• 这么热的铁会不会把衣服烫糊啊？：）学的另一个：Strike the iron while it‘s hot -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/16/2023 postreply 10:47:48

• 继续赞。 周末愉快 -chuntianle- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/21/2023 postreply 19:25:11