paint

like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring.

not as black as you are painted: seeblack.

paint the Forth Bridge used to indicate that a task can never be completed.

☞ The steel structure of the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland has required continuous repainting: it is so long that once the painters reach one end, they have to begin again at the other.

paint the town red go out and enjoy yourself flamboyantly. informal

paint yourself into a corner leave yourself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre.

词组	paint
释义	paint like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring. not as black as you are painted: seeblack. paint the Forth Bridge used to indicate that a task can never be completed. ☞ The steel structure of the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland has required continuous repainting: it is so long that once the painters reach one end, they have to begin again at the other. paint the town red go out and enjoy yourself flamboyantly. informal paint yourself into a corner leave yourself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre.
随便看	a blessing in disguise a blessing in disguise a blind alley a blind alley a blind bit of a blind date a blind date a blind spot a blind spot a blot on the escutcheon a blot on the landscape a blot on the landscape a blot on your escutcheon a blow-by-blow account a blow-by-blow account a blue-eyed boy a blue-eyed boy abode a bolt from the blue a bolt from the blue a bone in your head a bone in your leg a bone in your leg (or head) a bone of contention a bounden duty