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fray around/at the edges idiom to start to become less effective or successful: 分崩离析;开始失效;开始走向失败 Without the unifying forces of the army and the monarchy, it seems, the nation would begin to fray at the edges.要不是军队和君主政体相结合,该国看来就会分崩离析了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant
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