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词组 motley
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idiommotleyon with the motley BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to say that you must do something that people expect you to do, especially give a performance, speech, song etc, without showing that you are tired or unhappy or do not want to do it:I had to get up at five this morning and we've been rehearsing all day, but on with the motley.
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wear motley

old-fashioned To be or act very foolish. "Motley" refers to the type of clothes court jesters traditionally wore, having different colors in different areas of patches. But I suspect it will be the president wearing motley in the end if his signature tax bill turns into the disaster many analysts are predicting.

wear motley

play the fool.
Motley was the name given to the particoloured clothes worn by a court jester in former times.
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