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pick up the pieces or pick up the threadv. phr.To continue living life normally, after some tragedy that put a major roadblock in one's way. 收拾残局;重新就绪;恢复正常。◆ After her husband's untimely death, it took Jane a year to pick up the pieces.在丈夫过早的去世以后,简花了一年时间才使生活重新就绪。◆ John developed a writer's block, and it took him several weeks to pick up the thread and continue writing his novel.约翰得了一种作家心理阻滞病,几个星期以后才恢复正常,继续写他的小说。 |