keep

for keeps permanently, indefinitely. informal

☞ 2005 Taipei Times When he quits for keeps, Sanders probably will be asked to return to the TV studio.

keep yourself to yourself avoid contact or communication with others; be retiring and solitary.

play for keeps engage in an activity with ruthless determination and single-mindedness.

2003Inc. Magazine The infamously tough buyers at Wal-Mart, he says, play for keeps. If you're a small vendor, and you fail them once, they'll never forget. You're on their shitlist for life.

you can't keep a good man (or woman) down a competent person will always recover well from setbacks or problems. informal

☞ For other idioms containing keep, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, keep up with the Joneses at Joneses).

词组	keep
释义	keep for keeps permanently, indefinitely. informal ☞ 2005 Taipei Times When he quits for keeps, Sanders probably will be asked to return to the TV studio. keep yourself to yourself avoid contact or communication with others; be retiring and solitary. play for keeps engage in an activity with ruthless determination and single-mindedness. 2003Inc. Magazine The infamously tough buyers at Wal-Mart, he says, play for keeps. If you're a small vendor, and you fail them once, they'll never forget. You're on their shitlist for life. you can't keep a good man (or woman) down a competent person will always recover well from setbacks or problems. informal ☞ For other idioms containing keep, see the entry for the main word in the idiom (for example, keep up with the Joneses at Joneses).
随便看	be there for someone be the spit of be the spit (or the dead spit) of be the the dead spit of be thrown in at the deep end be thrown in at the deep end be thrown in at the deep end be tickets be tickled pink be tickled pink be tickled pink (or to death) be tickled pink to death betide be toast be too many for be too (or one too) many for be - to the good better better dead than red better dead than red better late than never better late than never better safe than sorry better safe than sorry better the devil you know