英语单词“keep your powder dry”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
keep your powder dry
释义
keepyourpowder dry
idiomtowaitbefore takingaction, but bereadyto takeactionif it isnecessary:Ithinksomepotentialcandidatesare going tokeeptheirpowderdryandseehow it'splayingout.I'm going tokeepmypowderdryand get as muchinformationas I can before Icommitto anything.We arekeepingsomepowderdryincasemarketsfallagain.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesAvoiding action- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch
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