touch

the common touch: seecommon.

kick something into touch: seekick.

lose your touch not show your customary skill.

1991Times The guv'nor is a former pork butcher who has clearly not lost his touch.

the Midas touch: seeMidas.

a soft (or easy) touch someone who is easily manipulated; a person or task easily handled. informal

☞ A touch was mid-19th-century criminal slang for the act of getting money from a person, either by pickpocketing or by persuasion. Touch was later extended to refer to the person targeted in this way, and a soft touch was specifically a person from whom money could easily be obtained.

2001Vanity Fair He was also a soft touch for a sob story, possessed of nary a mean bone.

touch and go (of an outcome, especially one that is desired) possible but very uncertain.

touch base: seebase.

touch bottom

1 reach the bottom of water with your feet.

2 be at the lowest or worst point.

3 be in possession of the full facts. British

touch a (raw) nerve: seenerve.

touch a (or the right) chord: see strike a (or the right) chord atchord.

a touch of the sun a slight attack of sunstroke.

touch wood: seewood.

touch your forelock: seeforelock.

would not touch someone or something with a bargepole: seebargepole.

词组	touch
释义	touch the common touch: seecommon. kick something into touch: seekick. lose your touch not show your customary skill. 1991Times The guv'nor is a former pork butcher who has clearly not lost his touch. the Midas touch: seeMidas. a soft (or easy) touch someone who is easily manipulated; a person or task easily handled. informal ☞ A touch was mid-19th-century criminal slang for the act of getting money from a person, either by pickpocketing or by persuasion. Touch was later extended to refer to the person targeted in this way, and a soft touch was specifically a person from whom money could easily be obtained. 2001Vanity Fair He was also a soft touch for a sob story, possessed of nary a mean bone. touch and go (of an outcome, especially one that is desired) possible but very uncertain. touch base: seebase. touch bottom 1 reach the bottom of water with your feet. 2 be at the lowest or worst point. 3 be in possession of the full facts. British touch a (raw) nerve: seenerve. touch a (or the right) chord: see strike a (or the right) chord atchord. a touch of the sun a slight attack of sunstroke. touch wood: seewood. touch your forelock: seeforelock. would not touch someone or something with a bargepole: seebargepole.
随便看	when all is said and done when in Rome when in Rome (do as the Romans do) when in rome (do as the romans do) when it comes to the crunch when (or after) all is said and done when (or before) the balloon goes up when (or if) it comes to the crunch when (or if) push comes to shove when (or if) push comes to shove when push comes to shove when someone's ship comes home when someone's ship comes in when someone's ship comes in (or home) when the balloon goes up when the band begins to play when the cat's away, the mice will play when the cat's away, the mice will play when the chips are down when the shit hits the fan when the shit hits the fan where where it's at where someone is coming from where's the beef?