| 释义 |
soul 1. adjective pertaining to the essence of black culture US, 1946 2. noun the essence of black culture US, 1965
idiomsoulbare your soulto tell someone your most private feelings and thoughts:I have no sympathy for stars who bare their souls on national television and then complain that the media are too intrusive.Ben felt slightly uncomfortable, he'd only known Georgia for a few minutes and now here she was baring her soul to him.sell your soul (to)to be willing to do anything in order to get or achieve something, even if you think it is immoral:Honor knew that she would have willingly sold her soul for a single kiss from him.This proposal is the work of a political party that has sold its soul to the trade union bosses.To work for a multinational organization, you have to be prepared to sell your soul.be the soul of ___used in order to say that someone has a lot of a good quality:Harold's mother, although a little strict, was the soul of kindness and hospitality.Don't worry, I'll be the soul of discretion - your secret is safe with me.
See:- (open) confession is good for the soul
- a kindred soul
- a living soul
- a lost soul
- bare (one's) soul
- bare one's soul
- bare soul
- bare your soul
- be the life and soul of the party
- be the soul of (something)
- be the soul of something
- body and soul
- Brevity is the soul of wit
- can't call (one's) soul (one's) own
- can't call one's soul one's own
- can't call soul own
- confession is good for the soul
- don't tell a soul
- enough to keep body and soul together
- every living soul
- God rest his/her soul
- God rest his/her/their soul
- God rest soul
- good for the soul
- gripe one’s soul
- gripe soul
- heart and soul
- heavy soul
- keep body and soul together
- keep body and soul together, to
- kindred spirit
- life and soul of the party
- like a lost soul
- living soul
- lost soul
- not a living soul
- not tell a soul
- pour (one's) soul out (to someone)
- pour out (one's) soul (to someone)
- pour out soul
- Punctuality is the soul of business
- put (one's) heart (and soul) into (something)
- put (one's) heart and soul into (something)
- search (one's) heart
- search (one's) soul
- search your heart/soul/conscience
- sell (one's) soul (to the devil)
- sell oneself
- sell your soul
- soul brother
- soul kiss
- soul of, the
- soul sister
- the eyes are the windows of the soul
- the iron entered into someone's soul
- the iron enters (into) (someone's) soul
- the life and soul of the party
- the soul of (something)
- the soul of discretion
- thirsty soul
- won't breathe a word
- work (one's) soul case out
- work the soul case out of
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