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词汇 give one's right arm
释义
Idiom
give one's right arm (for someone or something)
Theme: SACRIFICE
to be willing to give something of great value for someone or something.
I'd give my right arm for a nice cool drink.I’d give my right arm to be there.Tom really admires John. Tom would give his right arm for John.
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give (one's) eye teeth for (something)

To give or relinquish anything (or something very valuable) in order to receive some specific thing in return. Oh, I would give my eye teeth for curly hair like yours.

give one's eyeteeth

Also, give one's right arm. Go to any lengths to obtain, as in She'd give her eyeteeth for a mink coat, or He'd give his right arm for a new car. These hyperbolic expressions both allude to something precious, the eyeteeth (or canines) being useful for both biting and chewing and the right arm a virtual necessity for the 90 percent of the population who are right-handed. Both date from the first half of the 1900s, when the first replaced give one's eyes, from the mid-1800s.
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