英语词组onion是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

a lonely little petunia in an onion patch

One who is out of place among those one finds unpleasant, uncouth, or overly aggressive. Taken from a 1946 song of the same name by Johnny Kimano, Billy Faber, and Maurie Hartmann. I'm feeling really uncomfortable in this rowdy sports bar, like a lonely little petunia in an onion patch.

know (one's) onions

To be very knowledgeable or skilled in some area. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I think Nicole is our best candidate for the job—when it comes to corporate accounting, she really knows her onions.

know one's stuff

and know one's onions

to know what one is expected to know. I know my stuff. I can do my job. She can't handle the assignment. She doesn't know her onions.

know one's stuff

Also, know one's onions. Be experienced or knowledgeable in one's field or in the matter at hand. For example, Patrice knows her stuff when it comes to Mexican history, or We need a handyman who knows his onions. The allusion in the variant is unclear. [First half of 1900s]

know your onions

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED

If you know your onions, you know a lot about a particular subject. She really knows her onions in the historical field. Note: This may derive from the rhyming slang `onion rings', meaning `things'.

know your onions

be fully knowledgeable about something. informal

Onions is perhaps short for rhyming slang onion rings , meaning ‘things’. The phrase dates from the 1920s.

词组	onion
释义	onion noun 1 one hundred dollars US, 1988. 2 crack cocaine UK, 2003. 3 a native Bermudian BERMUDA, 1985. 4 a Ford Orion car. Motor trade slang UK, 2004. 5 an absolutely unskilled skateboarder. Teen slang; because 'it makes you cry to watch' UK, 1978 a lonely little petunia in an onion patch One who is out of place among those one finds unpleasant, uncouth, or overly aggressive. Taken from a 1946 song of the same name by Johnny Kimano, Billy Faber, and Maurie Hartmann. I'm feeling really uncomfortable in this rowdy sports bar, like a lonely little petunia in an onion patch. know (one's) onions To be very knowledgeable or skilled in some area. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I think Nicole is our best candidate for the job—when it comes to corporate accounting, she really knows her onions. know one's stuff and know one's onions to know what one is expected to know. I know my stuff. I can do my job. She can't handle the assignment. She doesn't know her onions. know one's stuff Also, know one's onions. Be experienced or knowledgeable in one's field or in the matter at hand. For example, Patrice knows her stuff when it comes to Mexican history, or We need a handyman who knows his onions. The allusion in the variant is unclear. [First half of 1900s] know your onions BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED If you know your onions, you know a lot about a particular subject. She really knows her onions in the historical field. Note: This may derive from the rhyming slang `onion rings', meaning `things'. know your onions be fully knowledgeable about something. informal Onions is perhaps short for rhyming slang onion rings , meaning ‘things’. The phrase dates from the 1920s.
随便看	do ourselves an injustice do ourselves in do ourselves justice do ourselves no favors do ourselves no favours do ourselves proud do our share do our stuff do our thing do our utmost do our worst do out do out of do out of something doover do over do-over do over again dooverlackie dooverlackie; doovilackie doovilackie doowacky doowally do own thing doo-wop