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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 a hard/tough row to hoeidiom abyss adversity at your worstidiom Augean bad hair day epidemic half nelson hardness have a bumpy rideidiom pall prison purgatory push factor quagmire quicksand scrape strait the Augean Stablesidiom the hard wayidiom
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