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词组 lick wounds
释义
Idiom
lick woundslick (your) wounds
to avoid or ignore other people after an unpleasant experience.
Mary's film career was a failure, and she went home to lick her wounds in private.
Etymology: based on the idea of an injured animal that licks its wounds (= cleans an injury with its tongue)

lick (one's) wounds

To withdraw after a misstep or defeat in order to recover. I think the senator will be licking his wounds for awhile after that disastrous debate performance.

lick one's wounds

Fig. to recover from a defeat or a rebuke. (Also literal for an animal.) After the terrible meeting and all the criticism, I went back to my office to lick my wounds.

lick (one's) wounds

To recuperate after a defeat.
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