词组	on the shelf
释义	●on the ˈshelf (informal) 1. (especially of women 尤指女人) not married and unlikely to marry because you are no longer young 年龄太大嫁不出去◆Some women used to think they were on the shelf if they weren’t married at 30. 过去有的女人认为如果 30 岁还没结婚就嫁不出去了。2. not wanted by anyone; not used （无用而）闲置，搁置◆Unemployed people often feel they’ve been left on the shelf. 失业的人常感到自己是个无用的人。
随便看	it makes no odds it makes no odds to sb it makes no odds (to sb/sth) it makes no odds to sth it never pays to do sth it never rains but it pours I told you so it only goes to show that… -its itself it so happens that… it stands to reason (that…) it takes all sorts it takes all sorts (to make a world) it takes all sorts to make a world it takes one to know one it takes two it takes two (to do sth) it takes two to do sth it takes two to tango it/that (all) depends it/that figures it/that (just) won’t do it/that will never do it will (all) come out in the wash

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