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词汇 when-the-chips-are-down
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when the chips are down


idiom informal
when you are in a very difficult or dangerous situation, especially one that makes you understand the true value of people or things: 在困难时刻,在危急关头
One day when the chips are down, you will know who your true friends are.等到危急关头你就会知道谁是真正的朋友了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
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at your worstidiom
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pall
prison
purgatory
push factor
quagmire
quicksand
scrape
strait
the Augean Stablesidiom
the hard wayidiom

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