idiomUKsomething good that ispromisedbut neverhappens:许而不予的好东西,可望不可及的东西Aschildrenwe were always beingpromisedjamtomorrow, if only we would bepatient.小时候,大人总是许诺只要我们耐心点儿就会给我们好东西。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWanting things
ache forsomething
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle
angle forsomething
burn
fancy
hanker after/forsomething
haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
hunger
hunger after/forsomething
pine
setyoursights onsomethingidiom
shook
sight
someone'sheart's desireidiom
straw
super-ambitious
tempt
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