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let the genie out of the bottle idiom to allow something to happen that cannot then be stopped: 带来难以遏制的恶果 When I told her the secret, I let the genie out of the bottle.我把秘密告诉她的时候,便是一系列不可控恶果的开始。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand rabbit hole scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom
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