| 词汇 | advantage |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG ADVANTAGE ahead of the game being early; having an advantage over a situation; having done more than necessary. (Informal or slang.)Whenever we go to a movie, we show up ahead of the game and have to wait.Bill has to study math very hard to keep ahead of the game.Bob does extra work so he's always ahead of the game. be the teacher's pet to be the teacher's favorite student.Sally is the teacher's pet. She always gets special treatment.The other students don't like the teacher's pet. blessing in disguise something that turns out to be fortunate and advantageous after seeming to be the opposite at first.Our missing the train was a blessing in disguise. It was involved in a crash.It was a blessing in disguise that I didn't get the job. I was offered a better one the next day. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born with many advantages; born to a wealthy family.Sally was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.I'm glad I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. give someone a head start (on someone) to allow someone to start (something) earlier than someone else.They gave Bill a head start on everyone else, so he arrived early.Please give me a head start on Charles. He is too fast! have a good thing going to have something arranged for one's benefit. (Informal.)Sally paints pictures and sells them at art fairs. She has a good thing going, and she makes good money.John inherited a fortune and doesn't have to work for a living anymore. He's got a good thing going. have a lot going (for one) to have many things working to one's benefit.Jane is so lucky. She has a lot going for her.She has a good job and a nice family. She has a lot going. (have) never had it so good have never had so much good fortune. (Informal.)No, I'm not complaining. I've never had it so good.Mary is pleased with her new job. She's never had it so good. have the Midas touch to have the ability to be successful, especially the ability to make money easily. (From the name of a legendary king whose touch turned everything to gold.)Bob is a merchant banker and really has the Midas touch.The poverty-stricken boy turned out to have the Midas touch and was a millionaire by the time he was twenty-five. have the right-of-way to possess the legal right to occupy a particular space on a public roadway.I had a traffic accident yesterday, but it wasn't my fault. I had the right-of-way.Don't pull out onto a highway if you don't have the right-of-way. hold all the aces to be in a favorable position; to be in a controlling position. (Slang. Refers to having possession of all four aces in a card game.)How can I advance in my job when my enemy holds all the aces?If I held all the aces, I'd be able to do great things. in one's (own) (best) interest(s) to one's advantage; as a benefit to oneself.It is not in your own interests to share your ideas with Jack. He will say that they are his.Jane thought it was in the best interest of her friend to tell his mother about his illness. in someone's favor to someone's advantage or credit. (Especially in sports scores, as in the examples.)The score was ten to twelve in our favor.At the end of the second half, the score was forty to three in the other team's favor. know which side one's bread is buttered on to know what is most advantageous for one.He'll do it if his boss tells him to. He knows which side his bread is buttered on.Since John knows which side his bread is buttered on, he'll be there on time. one up (on someone) ahead of someone; with an advantage over someone.Tom is one up on Sally because he got a job and she didn't.Yes, it sounds like Tom is one up. ADVANTAGE - GAIN get one's foot in the door to achieve a favorable position (for further action); to take the first step in a process.I think I could get the job if I could only get my foot in the door.It pays to get your foot in the door. Try to get an appointment with the boss.I have a better chance now that I have my foot in the door. get the advantage of someone and get the advantage over sb; get the edge on sb; get the edge over sb to achieve a position superior to someone else. (The word the can be replaced with an.)Toward the end of the race, I got the advantage over Mary.She'd had an advantage over me since the start of the competition.I got an edge on Sally, too, and she came in second.It's speed that counts. You can have the edge over everyone, but if you don't have speed, you lose. get the inside track to get the advantage (over someone) because of special connections, special knowledge, or favoritism.If I could get the inside track, I could win the contract.The boss likes me. Since I have the inside track, I'll probably be the new office manager. get the jump on someone to do something before someone; to get ahead of someone.I got the jump on Tom and got a place in line ahead of him.We'll have to work hard to get the contract, because they have the jump on us. get the upper hand (on someone) to get into a position superior to someone; to get the advantage of someone.John is always trying to get the upper hand on someone.He never ends up having the upper hand, though. jockey for position to try to push or maneuver one's way into an advantageous position at the expense of others.All the workers in the company are jockeying for position. They all want the manager's job.It is unpleasant working for a company where people are always jockeying for position. ADVANTAGE - TAKE take someone up on something to take advantage of someone's offer of something. (Informal.)I'd like to take you up on your offer to help.We took up the Browns on their invitation to come to dinner. trade on something to use a fact or a situation to one's advantage.Tom was able to trade on the fact that he had once been in the Army.John traded on his poor eyesight to get a seat closer to the stage. turn something to good account to use something in such a way that it is to one's advantage; to make good use of a situation, experience, etc.Pam turned her illness to good account and did a lot of reading.Many people turn their retirement time to good account and take up interesting hobbies. turn something to one's advantage to make an advantage for oneself out of something (which might otherwise be a disadvantage).Sally found a way to turn the problem to her advantage.The ice cream store manager was able to turn the hot weather to her advantage.
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